Thursday, September 26, 2013

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News


The cool glow of star formation: First light of powerful new camera

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:17 AM PDT

A new instrument called ArTeMiS has been successfully installed on APEX — the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. APEX is a 12-meter diameter telescope located high in the Atacama Desert, which operates at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves in the electromagnetic spectrum — providing a valuable tool for astronomers to peer further into the Universe. The new camera has already delivered a spectacularly detailed view of the Cat's Paw Nebula.

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