APEX - Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope

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class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/surveytelescopes/vst/mirror/"> The VST mirrors </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/surveytelescopes/vst/camera/"> OmegaCAM </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/surveytelescopes/vst/surveys/"> The VST surveys </a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/speculoos/"> SPECULOOS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/ngts/"> NGTS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/cta/"> Cherenkov Telescope Array </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/"> La Silla Observatory <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-295" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swedish/"> Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-296" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swedish/simba/"> SIMBA </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/"> New Technology Telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-298" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/efosc2/"> EFOSC2 </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/emmi/"> EMMI </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/irspec/"> IRSPEC </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/sofi/"> SOFI </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/soxs/"> SOXS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/susi2/"> SUSI and SUSI2 </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/"> ESO 3.6-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa 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href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/timmi2/"> TIMMI/2 </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/36-infrared-photometer-spectrophotometer/"> Infrared Photometer/Spectrophotometer </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/36-standard-photometer/"> Standard Photometer </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/infrared-specklegraph/"> Infrared Specklegraph </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/infrared-speckle-interferometer/"> Infrared Speckle Interferometer </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/36/efosc/"> EFOSC </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/"> MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-319" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/feros/"> FEROS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/grond/"> GROND </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/irac2/"> IRAC & IRAC2 </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/pisco/"> PISCO </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/wfi/"> WFI </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mpg22/infrared-photometer-spectrophotometer/"> Infrared Photometer/Spectrophotometer </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swiss/"> Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-326" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/swiss/coralie/"> CORALIE </a></li></ul></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/rem/"> Rapid Eye Mount telescope </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/trappist/"> TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South </a></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/"> Danish 1.54-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa 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class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154/six-channel-photometer/"> Six-Channel uvby-Hβ Photometer </a></li></ul></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/tarot/"> Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1mschmidt/"> ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope </a></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/"> ESO 1.52-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-340" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/bandc/"> Boller and Chivens Spectrograph </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/coude/"> Coudé Spectrograph </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/echelec/"> ECHELEC </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/152metre/rv-cass-spectrograph/"> RV Cass Spectrograph </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/"> ESO 1-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-345" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/fideos/"> FIDEOS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/infrared-photometer/"> Infrared Photometer </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/1metre/single-channel-photometer/"> Single-Channel Photometer </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/"> ESO 0.5-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-349" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/single-channel-photometer/"> Single-Channel Photometer </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/05metre/double-channel-photometer/"> Double-Channel Photometer </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/coude/"> Coudé Auxiliary Telescope <span 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href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/t70/"> Swiss T70 telescope </a></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/"> Bochum 0.61-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-358" class="submenu-aim sublevel"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/bochum-scanner/"> Bochum Scanner </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/bochum/bochum-photometer/"> Bochum Photometer </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish05/"> Danish 0.5-metre telescope <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa 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0.36-metre telescope </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/grb/"> GRB Monitoring System </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/mascara/"> MASCARA </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/blackgem/"> BlackGEM </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/extra/"> ExTrA </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/test-bed/"> Test-Bed Telescope </a></li></ul></li><li class="submenu current current-leaf"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/"> APEX <span class="desktop-children topmenu-arrow fa fa-angle-right"></span></a><span class="mobile-children"><span class="fa fa-angle-down"></span></span><ul id="submenu-aim-373" class="submenu-aim sublevel selected"><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/artemis/"> ArTéMiS </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/laboca/"> LABOCA </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/saboca/"> SABOCA </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/sepia/"> SEPIA </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/apex-2a/"> APEX–2A </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/aszca/"> ASZCa </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/champ-plus/"> CHAMP+ </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/flash/"> FLASH </a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/flash-plus/"> FLASH+ 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Submillimetre astronomy opens a window into the cold, dusty and distant Universe, but the faint signals from space are heavily absorbed by water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere. Chajnantor is an ideal location for such a telescope, as the region is one of the driest on the planet and is more than 750 m higher than the observatories on Mauna Kea, and 2400 m higher than the <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/">Very Large Telescope</a> (VLT) on Cerro Paranal.</p> <div id="apexWebcam"> <a name="APEXwebcam"></a><h2>LIVE webcam</h2> <p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="webcam-wrapper"> <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/static/almapano/latest/POI/preset_3.jpg"><img src="/web/20210202190113im_/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/static/almapano/latest/POI/preset_3.jpg" border="0" style="width: 100%"></a> <div class="webcam-timestamp"><span class="pano-timestamp">Webcam | 23 May 2018 08:42 CEST</span></div> <div class="webcam-live">LIVE</div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><small>LIVE image of APEX (<span class="pano-timestamp">23 May 2018 08:42 CEST</span>)</small></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="webcam-wrapper"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.apex-telescope.org/camera/images/10.0.6.84/image1.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113im_/https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.apex-telescope.org/camera/images/10.0.6.84/image1.jpg" border="0" style="width: 100%"></a> <div class="webcam-timestamp"><span class="pano-timestamp">Webcam | 23 May 2018 08:42 CEST</span></div> <div class="webcam-live">LIVE</div> <p style="text-align: center;"><small>APEXcam LIVE (<span class="pano-timestamp">Webcam | 23 May 2018 08:42 CEST</span>)</small></p> </div> </div> <h2>A Tour at the Chajnantor Plateau</h2> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/products/virtualtours/chajnantor/"><img class="nopadding" src="/web/20210202190113im_/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/static/teles-instr/apex/images/apex-vt.jpg" alt="Virtual Tour at the Chajnantor Plateau" border="0" style="width: 100%"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: -8px;"><small>Click on the image to take a <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/products/virtualtours/chajnantor/">Virtual Tour</a> in and nearby Chajnantor.</small></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>APEX is the largest submillimetre-wavelength telescope operating in the southern hemisphere. It has a suite of different instruments for astronomers to use in their observations, a major one being <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/laboca/">LABOCA</a>, the Large APEX Bolometer Camera. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/submmtech/bolometer/index.html#laboca">LABOCA</a> uses an array of extremely sensitive thermometers — known as bolometers — to detect submillimetre light. With almost 300 pixels, it is the largest such camera in the world. In order to be able to detect the tiny temperature changes caused by the faint submillimetre radiation, each of these thermometers is cooled to less than 0.3 degrees above absolute zero — a frigid minus 272.85 degrees Celsius. LABOCA's high sensitivity, together with its wide field of view (one third of the diameter of the full Moon), make it an invaluable tool for imaging the submillimetre Universe.</p> <p>APEX was a pathfinder for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/alma.html">ALMA</a>, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a revolutionary new telescope that ESO, together with its international partners, operates on the Chajnantor plateau. APEX is based on a prototype antenna constructed for the ALMA project, and it will find many targets that ALMA will be able to study in great detail.</p> <p>APEX is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR, 55%), the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO, 13%), and ESO (32%). The telescope is operated by ESO.</p> <h3>Science with the APEX Telescope</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0840a/"><img src="/web/20210202190113im_/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/potwmedium/eso0840a.jpg" alt="" align="left" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;"></a>Submillimetre astronomy is a relatively unexplored frontier in astronomy and reveals a Universe that cannot be seen in the more familiar visible or infrared light. It is ideal for studying the "cold Universe": light at these wavelengths shines from vast cold clouds in interstellar space, at temperatures only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero. Astronomers use this light to study the chemical and physical conditions in these molecular clouds — the dense regions of gas and cosmic dust where new stars are being born. Seen in visible light, these regions of the Universe are often dark and obscured due to the dust, but they shine brightly in the millimetre and submillimetre part of the spectrum. This wavelength range is also ideal for studying some of the earliest and most distant galaxies in the Universe, whose light has been redshifted into these longer wavelengths.</p> <h3>Science goals</h3> <p>Astrochemistry, cold Universe.</p> <h3>More about Science with APEX</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/">Science with ESO Telescopes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/science/top10/">ESO Top 10 Astronomical Discoveries</a>, n° 7 (also available as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/products/presentations/topdiscoveries/">presentation</a>)</li> </ul> <h3>More about APEX Telescope</h3> <ul> <li>More interesting facts are available on the <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/faq/faq-apex-alma/">FAQs page</a></li> <li>More <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/category/apex/">images</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/apex/">videos</a> are available in the ESO multimedia archive.</li> <li>Read more on about this observatory on the <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/products/handouts/handout_0015/">APEX Handout</a> in PDF format</li> <li><strong class="bltxt">For Scientists</strong>: for more detailed information, please see the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.apex-telescope.org/">APEX telescope website</a></li> </ul> <h3>APEX Timelapse</h3> <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113if_/https://earthengine.google.com/iframes/timelapse_player_embed.html#v=-23,-67.75,11.973,latLng&t=0.61" frameborder="0"></iframe> <center><small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/https://earthengine.google.com/iframes/timelapse_player_embed.html#v=-23,-67.75,11.973,latLng&t=0.61" target="_blank">View larger timelapse</a></small></center> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3>APEX Trailer</h3> <div class="youtube-embed-iframe-wrapper"> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/8cQJk2JgqxA?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><small>Download this trailer in other formats from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/videos/apextrailer2009/">Video archive</a>.</small></p> <p> </p> <div class="box2"> <table class="table table-bordered" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h3>APEX</h3> <table class="table" width="100%" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="60"><strong>Name:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Atacama Pathfinder Experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="30"><strong>Site:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Chajnantor</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="30"><strong>Altitude:</strong></td> <td valign="top">5050 m</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Enclosure:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Open air</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Type:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Sub-millimeter antenna</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Optical design:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Cassegrain</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Diameter. Primary M1:</strong></td> <td valign="top">12.0 m</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Material. Primary M1:</strong></td> <td valign="top">CFRP and Aluminium</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Diameter. Secondary M2:</strong></td> <td valign="top">0.75 m Hyperboloidal</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Material. Secondary M2:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Aluminium</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Mount:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Alt-Azimuth mount</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>First Light date:</strong></td> <td valign="top">14 July 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Images taken with APEX:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&facility=35">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Images of APEX:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?adv=&subject_name=Atacama%20Pathfinder%20Experiment">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Videos of APEX:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/search/?adv=&subject_name=Atacama%20Pathfinder%20Experiment">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Press Releases with APEX:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://www.eso.org/public/news/archive/search/?adv=&facility=35">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Data papers:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://telbib.eso.org/index.php?&flimiti=off&fq[]=instrument:APEX-2A">Link</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p> </p> <div class="randomtext"> <div id="2d68530d-3803-4934-830d-bd79d7fa0dae0" class="box3" style="display: none;"><strong>Did you know?</strong><br>Stars form in dense clouds of the interstellar medium, but even in these densest regions the pressure is comparable to the most tenuous vacuum created in a laboratory on Earth. In these clouds, the temperatures are below -200 degrees Celsius.</div> <div id="2d68530d-3803-4934-830d-bd79d7fa0dae1" class="box3" style=""><strong>Did you know?</strong><br>The skies over the ESO sites in Chile are so dark that on a clear moonless night it is possible to see your shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone.</div> <div id="2d68530d-3803-4934-830d-bd79d7fa0dae2" class="box3" style="display: none;"><strong>Did you know?</strong><br>There is an Earth-mass of alcohol near the centre of our Milky Way. However, most of it is methanol, and it is diluted 1:1000 with water. Telescopes observing at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths, like APEX and soon ALMA, are used to detect many other molecules in space.</div>  <script language="JavaScript"> var tlength = 3; if (tlength > 0) { var rndtext_no = Math.floor(tlength*Math.random()); var id = '2d68530d-3803-4934-830d-bd79d7fa0dae' + rndtext_no; var randomtext = document.getElementById(id); randomtext.style.display = ''; } </script> </div> <p> </p> <div> <h3>APEX on Google Maps</h3> <p><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113if_/https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=-23+00+21,+-67+45+33&sll=-22.948333,-68.211944&sspn=0.044656,0.057249&ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=-23.006002,-67.75938&spn=0.013826,0.018239&z=15&output=embed" style="width: 100%" height="350" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <center><small><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=-23+00+21,+-67+45+33&sll=-22.948333,-68.211944&sspn=0.044656,0.057249&ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=-23.006002,-67.75938&spn=0.013826,0.018239&z=15">View larger map</a></small></center></div> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="row footernote"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/mailto:information@eso.org">Send us your comments!</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3"> <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/newsletters/esonews/">Subscribe to receive news from ESO in your language</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/https://www.cdn77.com/">Accelerated by CDN77</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3"> <a href="/web/20210202190113/https://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/privacy/">Terms & Conditions</a> </div> </div> <link href="/web/20210202190113cs_/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/djp/css/extras.166b25c68b97.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <script type="text/javascript">var MEDIA_URL = "/public/archives/"</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20210202190113js_/https://www.eso.org/public/archives/djp/js/main.097c0244ddc7.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> const getWebcamStatus = async (cam) => { const url = '/public/outreach/webcamstatus/' + cam + '/'; const response = await fetch(url); return await response.json(); } // Fetch the webcam status getWebcamStatus('all').then((statusAll) => { getWebcamStatus('apex').then((statusApex) => { // console.log(statusApex); const apexDiv = document.querySelector('#apexWebcam'); if (statusAll['published'] && statusApex['published']) { apexDiv.style.display = "block"; } else { apexDiv.style.display = "none"; } }).catch((error) => { console.error(error); }); }).catch((error) => { console.error(error); }); </script> </div>  <div id="social-share" class="hidden-print"> <div class="link facebook" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Share on Facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <div class="link twitter" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Share on Twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/&text=APEX - Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope&via=ESO" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <div class="link pinterest" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Share on Pinterest"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/&media=&description=APEX - Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-pinterest" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <div class="link print" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Print"> <a href="javascript:window.print()" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-print" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> <div class="link email" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="right" title="Share by email"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210202190113/mailto:%20?subject=ESO — APEX - Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope&body=https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> <script> $('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip(); </script> <input type="hidden" name="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="QBYaHtJh2Ft6CIEjzIPImBX2mjlIPHs3oR2cxkHbypVkZdLSkbvsnNS6uNskqatT"/> </body> </html>

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