The instrument was previously located at the Las Campanas Observatory from 1995 to 2004; it was known as the NANTEN millimeter-wavelength radio telescope back then.
nanten2, observatory, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2010, learn, when, remove, t. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources NANTEN2 Observatory news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message The NANTEN2 Observatory is a southern sky observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile It is located at an altitude of 4 800 m 15 748 ft on Pampa la Bola next to Cerro Chajnantor The observatory is equipped with a millimeter and submillimeter wave telescope that is used for southern sky observations of atomic and molecular spectral lines in 110 GHz to 880 GHz range It is one of a number of observatories operating at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory It is operated as a collaboration between research institutes in Japan Nagoya University and Osaka University South Korea Seoul National University Germany KOSMA Universitat zu Koln Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn Australia University of New South Wales University of Adelaide Macquarie University Swinburne University of Technology University of Sydney University of Western Sydney and Chile Universidad de Chile NANTEN2 ObservatoryLocation s Atacama DesertCoordinates22 58 11 S 67 42 08 W 22 9697 S 67 7022 W 22 9697 67 7022 Coordinates 22 58 11 S 67 42 08 W 22 9697 S 67 7022 W 22 9697 67 7022Altitude4 800 m 15 700 ft Wavelength0 34 mm 880 GHz 2 73 mm 110 GHz Telescope styleCassegrain reflectorradio telescope Diameter4 m 13 ft 1 in Websitewww wbr astro wbr uni koeln wbr de wbr nanten2 wbr Location of NANTEN2 Observatory Related media on Commons edit on Wikidata The instrument was previously located at the Las Campanas Observatory from 1995 to 2004 it was known as the NANTEN millimeter wavelength radio telescope back then See also EditList of astronomical observatoriesReferences EditPortals Chile Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System Education Science This Antofagasta Region location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a specific observatory telescope or astronomical instrument is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NANTEN2 Observatory amp oldid 1053963332, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
