Visualisation of ALMA as an interferometer
This artist's rendering of the ALMA array on the Chajnantor plateau shows how, as an interferometer, ALMA acts like a single telescope with a diameter as large as the distance between its individual antennas (represented by the blue circle).
Credit:ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Calçada (ESO)
About the Video
Id: | alma-interferometer |
Release date: | 23 October 2012, 14:08 |
Duration: | 36 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Category: | ALMA Illustrations (disabled) |