World's most complex radio telescope snaps 1st photo

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World's most complex radio telescope snaps 1st photo

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World's Most Complex Radio Telescope Snaps Stunning 1st Photo of the Cosmos
http://www.space.com/13146-alma-radio-t ... eased.html

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nice.,.. i wonder what we will see when all 66 antennas are in operation.
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I'm tremendously fascinated by the transporters of ALMA - Otto and Lore. They remind me of Giant Robot - remember him? :D

Link here: http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/a ... rters.html
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wahhhhhh ~~ Sweet!
Wee Ern aRmeD wiF Telescope reAdY tO taKe ovEr thE skY .. wIF jUst mY naKed eYEs .
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This telescope has found a galaxy 12.4 billion light years away:

http://www.universetoday.com/95929/earl ... more-95929

Apparently, star formation occurred even in the early universe.
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