Observatory of Llano de Chajnantor

The Observatory of Llano de Chajnantor ( llano in Spanish meaning " plateau") astronomical Observatoire is a , located at an altitude of 5104m, in the Désert of Atacama, with the Chile, 50 km in the north of the village of San Pedro de Atacama. It is a site extremely dry, inhospitable, but perfectly adapted to the submillimeter observations . Indeed, the Steam absorbs and attenuates the Radiation in the wavelengths submillimeter. Llano de Chajnantor is the site of several astronomical projects, of which the network of antennas Broad Atacama Millimeter Array, an américano-European project.

Telescopes on the site of Llano de Chajnantor

• Cosmic Background To color (CBI)
• Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX)
• Broad Atacama Millimeter Array (ALMA)

Telescopes on the adjacent site of Pampa Bola

• ASTE (Atacama Submillimeter Telescopes Experiment)

• Observatoire NANTEN2 (NANTEN2)

External bonds

• Llano de Chajnantor discussed on the site of APEX.

• Observatory of Llano de Chajnantor on the site of].
• Decription of a voyage to the Observatory of Llano de Chajnantor on the site of BBC News.