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2008.12.19
An ACA (Atacama Compact Array) 12-m antenna was handed over as the first antenna to the Joint ALMA Observatory, which operates ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/s…
2008.12.12
From December 11 through 12, the ASTE Science Workshop was held at NAOJ in Mitaka. In the workshop, they summarized past achievements of ASTE, and held active …
2008.12.09
ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is under construction in Chile in global partnership between East Asia, Europe, and North America. On Decem…
2008.12.08
This beautiful sky was photographed at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). The picture shows the Milky Way extending across the sky with the Large Mage…
2008.11.07
The NAOJ Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Mitaka fabricates test dewers for receiver cartridges and delivers them to the ALMA receiver cartridge development…
2008.10.25
NAOJ Mitaka Campus held its 2008 Open Campus on October 25. Even though it was unfortunately cloudy on the day and star gazing event was cancelled, Open Campus…
2008.10.16
A receiver system called front-endEwas installed in one of the ACA 12-m antennas at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). The Front End is a system to receive…
2008.09.16
These moving images show the moon during the total lunar eclipse which was observed from February 20 through 21, 2008. Using the ACA antenna with fast servo pe…
2008.09.12
From September 9 through 11, the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the ACA 7-m Antenna, developed by ALMA-J, was held in Amagasaki, Japan. In the review, its…
2008.09.08
At NAOJ in Mitaka, excavation of an ancient tomb has been underway since 2005. On September 8, the tomb was open to NAOJ staff for the first time, following th…
2008.09.04
The new column,”The Wind from the Andes” started. “The Wind from the Andes”
2008.08.28
“Moving images of antennas”
2008.08.27
On August 27, the Back End system was installed in an ACA-12m antenna at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). The picture shows the staff members pleased wit…
2008.08.23
NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2008 Open Campus on August 23. Even though it was unfortunately raining, 2317 people visited this years Open Campus e…
2008.08.22
Using the ACA antenna #4, an electrical interface test was conducted between the antenna and a transporter (antenna carrier). This was the first time that a Ja…
2008.08.21
In the daytime of August 21, four ACA antennas were driven synchronously for the first time at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). It was very impressive to…
2008.08.16
On August 16, the 20th ALMA Public Lecture was held at the Kamo Planetarium in Kyoto, Japan. The lecture given by Seiichi Sakamoto, Professor at the Japan Aero…
2008.08.03
This picture shows the night sky over the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). The antennas are usually illuminated at night for safety, but tonight I turne…
2008.07.28
This is an analysis result of the radio spectrum of CS molecular gases (rotational transition J=3-2, 146.969026 GHz) in a celestial object called Orion KL, whi…
2008.07.24
On a cloudless sunny day, I had a chance to see the famous Atacama beautiful star-filled skyEat the Operation Support Facility (OSF). At night, while a North A…
Astronomers have discovered the remnants of powerful ‘sneezes’ expelling gas, dust, and electromagnetic energy around s…
An international research team led by Sergio Martín of the European Southern Observatory/Joint ALMA Observatory, Nanase…
ALMA is celebrating 10 years of full-scale operation in 2023. In December 2023, an international conference was held in…
