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The Cosmic Background Imager (140 words) |
 | The Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) is a special-purpose radio telescope designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation from the early universe. |
| It is located at an altitude of 5080 m (16,700 feet) in the Chilean Andes at the Chajnantor Observatory. |
| The CBI Project is a collaboration between the California Institute of Technology, the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, the University of Chicago, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Bonn), Oxford University, the University of Manchester, the Universidad de Chile, and the Universidad de Concepción. |
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