APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment)

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Source: European Southern Observatory
Day/night Chile
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. APEX is a collaboration between the German Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Swedish Onsala Space Observatory (OSO), and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

The image in this feed is updated every 15 minutes. You'll usually see the antenna dish although sometimes the camera points to random areas of the compound. The image is visible day and night, and you'll see the dish move fairly regularly.

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ID: Obs_ApexChajnantor
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