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English: ESO Photo Ambassador Babak Tafreshi snapped this remarkable image of the antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), set against the splendour of the Milky Way. The richness of the sky in this picture attests to the unsurpassed conditions for astronomy on the 5000-metre-high Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama region.

This view shows the constellations of Carina (The Keel) and Vela (The Sails). The dark, wispy dust clouds of the Milky Way streak from middle top left to middle bottom right. The bright orange star in the upper left is Suhail in Vela, while the similarly orange star in the upper middle is Avior, in Carina. Of the three bright blue stars that form an “L” near these stars, the left two belong to Vela, and the right one to Carina. And exactly in the centre of the image below these stars gleams the pink glow of the Carina Nebula (eso1208).

ESO, the European partner in ALMA, is providing 25 of the 66 antennas that will make up the completed telescope. The two antennas closest to the camera, on which the careful viewer can find the markings “DA-43” and “DA-41”, are examples of these European antennas. Construction of the full ALMA array will be completed in 2013, but the telescope is already making scientific observations with a partial array of antennas.

Babak Tafreshi is founder of The World At Night, a programme to create and exhibit a collection of stunning photographs and time-lapse videos of the world’s most beautiful and historic sites against a night-time backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.

ALMA, an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA construction and operations are led on behalf of Europe by ESO, on behalf of North America by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and on behalf of East Asia by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) provides the unified leadership and management of the construction, commissioning and operation of ALMA.
Afrikaans: ESO-fotoambassadeur Babak Tafreshi het hierdie merkwaardige beeld van die antennas van die Atacama- Groot Millimeter/submillimeter-rooster (ALMA) teen die agtergrondpraal van die melkweg vasgevang. Die ryk glinster van die hemelruim in hierdie toneel getuig van die onoortreflike waarnemingstoestande op die 5 000 meter hoë Chajnantor-plato in Chili se Atacamastreek.
Hierdie perspektief toon die konstellasies van Carina (die Kiel) en Vela (die Seile). Die melkweg se gekantelde baan word ook deur donker, pluisige stofnewels oorspan. Die helder oranje ster bo die linkerkantste teleskoop is Suhail in Vela, terwyl die soortgelyke oranje ster bokant die middelste teleskoop Avior, in Carina is. Van die drie helderblou sterre wat 'n "L" tussen voorgenoemdes vorm, behoort die linkerste twee aan Vela, en die oorblywende een aan Carina. Reg onder hierdie sterre, in die beeldmidde, pryk die rosige glos van die Carina-newel (eso1208).
ALMA se Europese vennoot, ESO, verskaf 25 uit die 66 antennas van die voltooide teleskoop. Die twee antennas naaste aan die kamera, waarop die noukeurige kyker die kodes “DA-43” en “DA-41” sal uitmaak, is voorbeelde van hierdie Europese antennas. Volgens beplanning sou oprigting van die volle ALMA-rooster in 2013 ten einde loop, maar wetenskaplike waarnemings het reeds voor daardie datum begin.
ALMA is 'n internasionale sterrekundige gerief bestaande uit 'n vennootskap van Europese, Noord-Amerikaanse en Oos-Asiatiese deelnemers in samewerking met die Republiek van Chili. ALMA se oprigting en bedrywighede word namens Europa deur ESO aangevoor, namens Noord-Amerika deur die Nasionale Radioastronomiese Observatorium (NRAO), en namens Oos-Asië deur die Nasionale Astronomiese Observatorium van Japan (NAOJ). Die Gesamentlike ALMA-observatorium (JAO) verskaf ALMA se verenigde leierskap en bestuur ten opsigte van oprigting, ingebruikname en bedryfsaspekte.
Babak Tafreshi is stigter van The World At Night, 'n program om 'n versameling pragtige foto's en tydsverloopvideo's van die wêreld se mooiste en geskiedkundige terreine te skep en dit teen 'n nagtelike agtergrond van sterre, planete en gebeurtenisse in die hemelruim uit te stal.
Date (released)
Source http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1222a/
Author ESO/B. Tafreshi/TWAN (twanight.org)
Camera location23° 01′ 23.5″ S, 67° 45′ 16.7″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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The southern Milky Way above ALMA

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23°1'23.498"S, 67°45'16.700"W

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