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Powerful Chile Telescope Opens its Eyes

Posted October 04, 2011 8:01 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

The much anticipated Atacama Large Millimeter/submilimeter Array (ALMA) is finally online. And, oh, the wonders it can see.

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10/05/2011 9:35 AM

What is a "Powerful Chile Telescope"?

I know what a Powerful Chilean Telescope is.

Stop rolling your eyes. I realize the hook is copied straight from Discovery News, but what about proofreading? Doorman, substituting for Editor Crankshaft.

That aside, it is pretty interesting.

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10/05/2011 11:09 AM

It's undoubtedly located in Chile - but does that make it Chilean?

From the opening statement on the ALMA Observstory home page:

"The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) [is] an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile..."

So should the title be "Powerful International Telescope in Chile Opens its Eyes", "Powerful International Telescope Opens its Chilean Eyes", "Powerful Telescope in Chile Opens its Eyes" - or what ?

BTW - This is what the ALMA site looks like on Google Earth (23°1'40"S, 67°45'20"W - about 2km above ground level):

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10/05/2011 2:56 PM

Some very good points. As an example, there are a number of things inside my American office building that are, in fact, Chinese.

Despite the lexical ambiguity of the title, it is an interesting story.

Your image of the site shows an impressive footprint. This is an ambitious project that looks like it will yield some valuable data in the years to come.

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