APEX Celebrates Ten Years Exploring the Cold Universe

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 08:50 in Astronomy & Space

A celebration was held at the APEX [1] base station in Sequitor, San Pedro de Atacama, to mark ten years of astronomical research with the APEX telescope, which resides on Chile’s Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 metres above sea level. From there, the telescope observes the sky in submillimetre wavelengths, giving astronomers access to the coldest regions […]

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