Argentina: major new telescope to be installed

Joint project with Brazil should raise 바카라사이트 profile of Latin American astronomical research

August 30, 2017
Source: istock
The new Llama telescope in Argentina's Salta Province is named after 바카라사이트 local animal as well as 바카라사이트 Spanish for 'flame'

The equipment has now reached Argentina which will be assembled into 바카라사이트 ambitious Large Latin American Millimeter Array.

Initial ideas for 바카라사이트 telescope were set out by Argentinian radio astronomers in 2007 at a regional meeting in Venezuela. It went on to secure funding from both 바카라사이트 Argentinian and Brazilian governments and plans were formally ratified in 2014. The acronym Llama makes reference to 바카라사이트 Spanish word for ¡°flame¡± as well as 바카라사이트 Latin American camelid.

The telescope is a parabolic antenna 12 meters in diameter. It will be located in 바카라사이트 Alto Chorrillos valley, in Salta, Argentina, close to 5,000 meters above sea level, and will be used to study 바카라사이트 evolution of 바카라사이트 universe, black holes, 바카라사이트 formation of galaxies and stars. It will be equipped with receivers to enable it to detect very faint sources and filters to observe 바카라사이트 sun. Once it is operational, it can be used on a stand-alone basis or as part of a network of similar instruments to carry out .

One of 바카라사이트 researchers involved predicted that it will put Argentina ¡°in 바카라사이트 forefront of radio-astronomical research worldwide¡±.

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