Not exact matches
ALMA will consist of 64 12 - meter - diameter dish antennas comprising a single
imaging telescope to study the universe at millimeter and
submillimeter wavelengths — the region between radio waves and infrared waves.
Japanese participation will allow enhanced
imaging and spectroscopy, especially at
submillimeter wavelengths.
The research team, led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, used the ALMA telescope to observe the baby - twin star L1551 NE [1], located in the constellation of Taurus at a distance of 460 light years, with a 1.6 times better
imaging resolution and a 6 times better sensitivity than those of their previous observations with the
SubMillimeter Array (SMA).
There are other existing telescopes that observe millimeter /
submillimeter waves, but ALMA is an outstanding telescope with exceptionally high sensitivity and resolution capable of
imaging the unknown universe that was never possible to see before.