The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEx) telescope used to capture detailed images of the Universe got a significant boost with the addition of the ArTeMiS camera. Artemis will help APEX take images faster and with higher pixel resolutions.
The ArTeMiS camera is a large bolometer camera in the submillimeter range on APEX. A bolometer is a device that is used to measure infrared, or heat, radiation. ARTEMIS stands for Architectures de bolomètres pour des Télescopes à grand champ de vue dans le domaine sub-Millimétrique au Sol which in English translates to the Bolometer arrays for wide-field submillimetre ground-based telescopes.
The image above is the Cat's Paw Nebula in the southern constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) as captured by the Artemis camera. This detailed image is significantly clearer than previous images captured by the APEX telescope alone.
The APEX project is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) and the Eurpean Southern Observatory (ESO). Operation of APEX at Chajnantor is entrusted to ESO.
