[mmaimcal] Press release for first ALMA antenna at 5000m
Al Wootten
awootten at nrao.edu
Wed Sep 23 11:04:37 EDT 2009
Folks
A press release went out today describing the first ALMA antenna
successful move to 5000m last Thursday. Please see:
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2009/antennahigh/
All the pictures are available here:
http://www.almaobservatory.org/en/multimedia/images/antennas-and-transporters/?g2_itemId=2010
You can enjoy the video here:
http://www.almaobservatory.org/en/multimedia/videos/171-alma-telescope-reaches-new-heights
Congratulations too all involved on this successful effort. Radio
pointing has begun with successful detections of Jupiter. Within the
next few weeks, two more antennas will arrive to keep the first one
company and join it in interferometry over the next few months.
Clear skies,
Al
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