2011.04.04

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Within a 40-minute drive from the Operations Support Facility (OSF), there is a town called San Pedro de Atacama (2,450 asl.). In the suburbs of the town, we …

2011.03.30

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most ambitious radio astronomy observatory ever built, is announcing the first opportunity for th…

2011.03.25

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On March 8, an antenna was transported to the Array Operation Site (AOS) at 5,000 m asl. from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2,900 m asl. This brough…

2011.03.22

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The online streaming of live images from the Array Operation Site (5,000m asl.) and the Operations Support Facility (2,900m asl.) in Chile have been started. Y…

2011.02.02

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On February 2, bad weather hit the ALMA site, where skies are usually very clear. This is called Altiplanic Winter, which is caused by the winds blowing from …

2011.01.14

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On the afternoon of the second day of ALMA Users Meeting 2011 (January 14), the CASA tutorials were given to those who were interested. CASA is a data analysis…

2011.01.13

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On January 13 and 14, ALMA Users Meeting 2011 was held in Mitaka Campus of NAOJ, Tokyo. As the Early Science Operations of the ALMA telescope is going to start…

2011.01.12

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The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) expects to start Early Science observations (Cycle 0) on a best effort basis late in 2011 and a call for proposals will be iss…