Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

The Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope is a 25-metre-diameter telescope that is intended to reveal the cosmic origins of stars, planets, and galaxies with its submillimeter cameras and spectrometers enabled by superconducting detector arrays.
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  • Construction
  • …lies at an elevation of 5,612 metres (18,412 feet)
  • …is operated by Cornell University Space Sciences & Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
  • Description: proposed radio telescope in Antofagasta Region, Chile
  • Address: km. 57 Ruta 27, San Pedro de Atacama
  • Email: contact@ccatobservatory.org
  • Also known as
    “Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope”
    “Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT)”
    “Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO).
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Observatory
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory… is situated 190 metres west of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
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Hamlet
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array… is situated 4½ km south of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope.

Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

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Latitude
-22.98547° or 22° 59′ 8″ south
Longitude
-67.74047° or 67° 44′ 26″ west
Open location code
579J2775+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1242060606
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­construction
Wiki­data ID
Q1055792

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope” goes by many names.
تلسكوب فريد يونغ دون المليمترArabic
Fred Young Submillimeter TelescopeCatalan
Telescopi Cerro Chajnantor AtacamaCatalan
查南托山阿塔卡馬望遠鏡Chinese
Cerro Chajnantor Atacama TelescopeDutch
Cerro Chajnantor Atacama TelescopeGerman
Cornell Caltech Atacama TelescopeGerman
Fred Young Submillimeter TelescopeGerman
Cerro Chajnantor Atacama TelescopeItalian
CCATKorean
Cerro Chajnantor Atacama TelescopeSpanish

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