📡 Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

Chile · Americas · 23.01°S, 67.76°W

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope 5,104 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, 50 km east of San Pedro de Atacama built and operated by three European research institutes. The main dish has a diameter of 12 m and consists of 264 aluminium panels with an average surface accuracy of 17 micrometres (rms). The telescope was officially inaugurated on September 25, 2005.

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Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	23.01°S, 67.76°W · view on map

Atacama Pathfinder Experiment is located in Chile, in Americas.

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