APEX welcomes to Dr. Manuel Merello as a new staff member. Dr. Merello will give observing support and coordination with MPI staff astronomers. Dr. Merello has been Project Scientist for APEX chilean time since October 2019. Welcome Manuel to the Read More …
APEX News
Completion of the ATM study, with link to the report (note the APEX instruments in the main figure):
https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/alma/news/announcements/alma-ann240719b.html
Phase 3 release of the ArTéMiS large programme data
http://archive.eso.org/cms/eso-archive-news/new-data-release-from-the-apex-core-and-filament-formation-and-evolution-in-natal-environments-caffeine-project.html
APEX Support Astronomer Opportunity:
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) Observatory and the Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy Department of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany, in collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) in Santiago, are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral Read More …
APEX has a new Station Manager
As of 1st of September 2023, Dr. Juan Pablo Perez-Beaupuits has assumed as APEX Station Manager, taking over from Dr. Carlos A. Durán. Dr. Perez-Beaupuits has been long known to APEX, first coming as a user / visiting astronomer, and Read More …
Workshop announcement: The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment in 2023 and future opportunities
In the last years, APEX has been significantly improved by upgrades of the antenna itself as well as new heterodyne instruments highly complementary to ALMA and other observatories. A new large-format, dual frequency continuum camera operating at 350 and 870 Read More …
It was a beautiful CONCERTO
The CONCERTO instrument era -at APEX- ended with the removal of the instrument from the APEX telescope C-cabin. CONCERTO was fully installed and commissioned during 2020 and 2021, in the middle of the hard restrictions due to the pandemic (https://neel.cnrs.fr/institut-neel/science-societe/concerto) Read More …
APEX-OP23+ in full swing
After an unusually long altiplanic winter that extended into April 2023, APEX is back in full Science Operations. A lot happened during the summer maintenance (a.k.a. Summer Shutdown 2023) that was heavily affected by the bad weather. Still, all critical Read More …
5000h on Sky: a major milestone and absolute record.
During Ringberg meeting in 09 of January 2023, it was made public a major milestone in the history of APEX: reaching 5000 hours on sky in 2022. This achievement was possible due to the constant work and the commitment of Read More …
Summer Shutdown 2023 / Technical works starting
As every year around this time, we enter into a very intense technical maintenance period: The Summer shutdown 2023 -or SSD23. Different types of maintenances and upgrades are carried out during the SSD23: Instruments. telescope, servers, network, electrical and more. Read More …