{"id":54,"date":"2017-09-03T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T13:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scidev\/wordpress\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:35:30","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-2748\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-27-3 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-2748 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2748\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_2748' class='nivoSlider'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/history\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/APEX_Vieira_700x300-1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"800\" data-caption=\"Fifteen years exploring the dry southern skies over the Chajnantor plateau\" title=\"APEX at night\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2748 slide-2758\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/science\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ATLASGAL_excerpt_700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"800\" data-caption=\"Producing exciting science to know more about our Galaxy and the Universe\" title=\"ATLASGAL_excerpt_700x300\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2748 slide-2759\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/instruments\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IF1_Klein_700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"800\" data-caption=\"Instrumentation at the forefront of the sub-mm technology\" title=\"IF1_Klein_700x300\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2748 slide-2760\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the APEX web site. You will find here all about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/welcome\/contact\/location\/partners\/the-project\/\">project<\/a> and the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/observing-run\/observing\/the-telescope\/\">12-m radio telescope<\/a> that we operate in northern Chile. APEX is located in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/location\/\">privileged location<\/a>, on the &#8220;Llano de Chajnantor&#8221;, at 5100 m. above the sea level. At such high altitude, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/weather\/\">dry atmosphere<\/a> of the Atacama desert opens up a unique window to observe the millimetre and sub-millimetre light. The versatile set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/observing-run\/observing\/the-telescope\/instruments\/\">state-of-the-art instrumentation<\/a> onboard APEX is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/proposing\/\">at the service<\/a> of researchers around the world, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/science\/\">to learn more<\/a> about the cold and the dusty Universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the APEX web site. You will find here all about our project and the amazing 12-m radio telescope that we operate in northern Chile. APEX is located in a privileged location, on the &#8220;Llano de Chajnantor&#8221;, at 5100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apex-telescope.org\/ns\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","education-hub-thumb":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Welcome to the APEX web site. You will find here all about our project and the amazing 12-m radio telescope that we operate in northern Chile. APEX is located in a privileged location, on the &#8220;Llano de Chajnantor&#8221;, at 5100 m. above the sea level. 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