ALMA inaugurated in Chile
Date as reported
The ALMA observatory was formally inaugurated at its site in the Chilean Andes. Marked the formal transition from construction to an observatory.
Historical significance
Marked the formal transition from construction to an observatory.
- Category
- Facilities and Infrastructure
- Type
- Observatory opening
- Organization
- European Southern Observatory
- Destination
- ground observatory
- Target body
- Earth
Sources and attribution
- ESO — ALMA inauguration (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to ESO.