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  / sciencereason   ... ESOcast 3: The World's Largest Astronomical Project: The ALMA Observatory Gets Its First "Eye".

In this third episode of the ESOcast Dr. J takes us to the site of ALMA, the Atacama Millimeter / submillimeter Array in the Atacama region in Chile. ALMA is an observatory under construction 5000 metres above sea-level, on the plateau of Chajnantor high enough to be literally breathtaking.
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ESO is the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. Created in 1962, ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities to European astronomers and astrophysicists and is supported by Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Several other countries have expressed a strong interest in joining the organisation. Whilst the Headquarters (comprising the scientific, technical and administrative centre of the organisation) are located in Garching near Munich, Germany, ESO operates, in addition to the Santiago Centre, three observational sites in the Chilean Atacama desert.

Credit:
• Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calçada, Herbert Zodet
• Host: Dr. J.
• Footage and photos: ESO
• Web and technical support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida
• Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)

ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO - Astronomy made on planet Earth. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier with our host Dr. J, a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J's real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.

http://www.eso.org/
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