Talk:Atacama Large Millimeter Array

Largest?

• Atacama Large Millimeter Array: " ... to build the largest astronomical project in existence".
• LOFAR: "LOFAR will be the largest radio telescope ever built".

"Largest" in terms of what? Area? Number of telescopes? Money spent? Now, who's right? 145.53.180.22 (talk) 16:19, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

ALMA Emblem - usage restrictions

In searching for any restrictions on the use of some of the many images available at the ALMA website, I came across this page, http://www.almaobservatory.org/en/visuals/usage-of-alma-visuals, which contains fairly clear guidance of the use of their "visuals".

While they encourage general use of most images, the fifth condition clearly states :

"- This general permission does not extend to use of the ALMA’s Emblem, which shall remain protected and may not be used or reproduced without prior and individual written consent of ALMA. Owners of external websites wishing to link to the ALMA web site may use ALMA’s Emblem for the link, provided they have obtained prior authorisation from the ALMA Public Relations Department and on the condition that such use is clearly identifiable as a web link;"

Looking at the Wikimedia Commons page for this image, I can find no reference to explicit permission being obtained. Perhaps this is because the image was downloaded from the ESO website and not from ALMA itself, but nonetheless I imagine that the same restrictions apply.

Should the emblem/logo be removed?

Inspeximus (talk) 09:55, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

March 2013

It's says that the project was scheduled to be done by March 2013. That is now, at the time of writing, so the article should be updated by someone knowledgeable in the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.145.124.69 (talk) 13:12, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Removed some unnecessary information

Not sure why anyone would mention Kazakh word "alma" which means "apple" when this project has nothing to do with Kazakhstan. "Alma" also means "apple" in most other Turkic languages as well as Hungarian. In any case, I removed this bit of information from the main article. Flamdring (talk) 09:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.30.40.124 (talk) 17:21, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

What's the connection between the Spanish word ALMA and the project A.L.M.A?

Why refer to Spanish word ALMA? Abbreviation A.L.M.A (Atacama Large Millimeter Arra) has nothing to do with the Spanish word. Please correct me if I missed something?

Answer: Because astronomers tend to be clever with acronyms on purpose (see e.g., here or here). Therefore, it is highly likely that, the array being in a Spanish speaking country, they tried to match the acronym to a Spanish word.

Similar Telescope Array?

I remember a couple years ago reading an article on popsci.com about a propsed telescope array project that would produce as much data (in a day) as the total internet does in a day. Seeing this array reminded me of that. Could anyone help me find the name of the huge array I'm thinking of? Mchcopl (talk) 22:36, 25 April 2013 (UTC)!

Answer: The Square Kilometer Array (SKA)

Out of Date

As per user above, it's well past several of the dates mentioned in-text, and there are numerous incosistencies regarding not just what was planned (and I have no idea how much was implemented), but also inconsistencies in tense throughout the entire article. Someone who has expertise/knowledge on the subject really needs to do a complete revamp of the whole article. Ross.Brighton (talk) 06:48, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

"Although it is designed to have a resolution 10 times greater than that of Hubble, it will be superseded in 2024 by the Square Kilometre Array in South Africa and Australia, that will have 50 times the resolution of ALMA.[13]" Does this sentence belong here? The phrasing is a bit strained, and it is speculation, not fact. many grand proposed telescope projects have been cancelled in the past. 99.47.116.73 (talk) 01:43, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

HL Tau Planetary disk image

Please find out if the planetary-disk formation image is public domain and upload it if it is.HLHJ (talk) 13:25, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

@HLHJ: Sorry I didn't see this before - honestly, I thought that photo was here already. It's been in use at protoplanetary disk the whole time. Wnt (talk) 00:44, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

@Wnt: Great, thanks! Many eyes make better work; I didn't see it at protoplanetary disk. I'll delete this section, then, if you don't beat me to it. HLHJ (talk) 10:09, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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Incomprehensibility? - "activates"

Regarding:

"Activates for operating the ARC ..."

What does activates mean in this context? --Mortense (talk) 11:47, 20 May 2018 (UTC)