Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
 Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment | |
| Alternative names | ASTE |
|---|---|
| Part of | Llano de Chajnantor Observatory  |
| Location(s) | Atacama Desert |
| Coordinates | 22°58′17″S 67°42′10″W / 22.9714°S 67.7028°W |
| Altitude | 4,800 m (15,700 ft) |
| Wavelength | 0.1 mm (3.0 THz)–1.0 mm (300 GHz) |
| First light | 2004 |
| Telescope style | radio telescope |
| Diameter | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Website | alma |
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The Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) is a 10-meter-diameter antenna built by Mitsubishi Electric as a preprototype for ALMA.
The ASTE was deployed to its site on Pampa La Bola, near Cerro Chajnantor and the
Universidad de Chile
.
Initially operating at 240 GHz using a focal-plane bolometer array, the telescope was upgraded in 2018 with a heterodyne receiver system operating at 345 GHz and 460 GHz.[3]
See also
References
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- Bibcode:2005ASPC..344..242K.
- S2CID 116823513.