Atacama Large Millimeter Array Project (ALMA)

Atacama Large Millimeter Array Project (ALMA)- International astronomy facility at 16,400 feet in Llano de Chajnantor, Chile. An array with a collecting area of up to 10,000 square meters. With baselines foreseen to extend to 10 Km, the angular resolution provided by the new instrument will be that of a diffraction limited 4m optical telescope.