Comment Re:Not just ESO (Score 1) 82
Correct. The original two partner institutions were
- The National Radio Astronomy Observatory, which operates the North American ALMA Science Center, a regional ALMA Research Center (ARC);
- The European Southern Observatory which similarly operates the European ARC.
Later, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan joined the consortium, to provide the ALMA Compact Array and a second correlator, among other things.
It's sometimes a bit bewildering working in this multi-site environment, but it's mostly just amazing