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NANTEN2 Observatory
The NANTEN2 Observatory is a southern sky observatory in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile. It is located at an altitude of 4800m on Pampa la Bola next to Cerro Chajnantor. The observatory is equipped with a millimeter and submillimeter wave telescope that is used for southern sky observations of atomic and molecular spectral lines in 110 GHz to 880 GHz range. It is one of a number of observatories operating at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory. It is operated as a collaboration between research institutes in Japan (Nagoya and Osaka University), South Korea (Seoul National University), Germany , and Chile (Universidad de Chile).
External links
The NANTEN Submillimeter Observatory
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