Pajonales

Pajonales is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 4,772 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atacama Cosmology Telescope and Simons Array.

Building
Photo: Ahincks, CC BY 3.0.
The was a cosmological millimeter-wave telescope located on in the in the north of . ACT made high-sensitivity, arcminute resolution, microwave-wavelength surveys of the sky in order to study the cosmic microwave background radiation, the relic radiation left by the Big Bang process. is situated 3 km southeast of Pajonales.

Photo: Flucerod, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Simons Observatory is located in the high in Northern inside the Chajnator Science Preserve, at an altitude of 5,200 meters. The and the were located nearby but these instruments have now been replaced by the current telescopes of the Simons Observatory. is situated 3 km southeast of Pajonales.

Building
Photo: Petroffm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an array of microwave telescopes which has been observing since 2016 from a high-altitude site in the of as part of the Parque Astronómico de Atacama. is situated 3 km southeast of Pajonales.

Pajonales

Latitude
-22.94784° or 22° 56′ 52″ south
Longitude
-67.81492° or 67° 48′ 54″ west
Elevation
4,772 metres (15,656 feet)
Open location code
579J352P+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3011249885
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3877672
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