2009.05.06
ALMA Succeeded in its First Interferometer Test
On April 30, The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a gigantic radio telescope project under construction in northern Chile, reached a major milesto…
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2009.03.26
ASJ Spring Meeting 2009
From March 24 through 27, the Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) held its Spring Meeting 2009 at the Osaka Prefecture University. In the afternoon of March 26…
2009.03.23
Welcome party for Director General of NAOJ
On March 13, after the close of the ALMA Board, a party was held at the Japanese ambassadors residence in Santiago to welcome Director General of NAOJ, Shoken …
2009.03.22
"A bit of Science" at Miraikan
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) held a special event for its members on March 20 through 22. In a program titled “A bit…
2009.03.19
Big Dipper and Moon around dawn
After finishing the observation and tests with the ACA antenna, I stepped outside and found the eastern sky beginning to dawn. And, after a short while, half m…
2009.03.18
Lecture in Tokyo Techno Forum Research Exchange Workshop
The 117th Tokyo Techno Forum Research Exchange Workshop was held at Nippon Press Center on March 18. A lecture titled Gigantic Radio Eye EALMA, Radio Telescope…
2009.03.07
Array Operations Site under Construction
The picture shows Array Operations Site (alt. 5000m). Currently, antenna pads are under construction at AOS. Small wooden houses and orange covers for the cons…
2009.03.03
Flamingos flying in the sky
Leaving OSF (Operations Support Facility) and after about one-hour drive across the Atacama Desert, I finally arrived Chaxa Lagoon. As there was nothing that o…
2009.02.28
Sky of Altiplanic winter
As we are in the season of Altiplanic winter, clouds are drifted from the direction of Bolivia in the afternoon, and sometimes dense clouds cover the entire sk…
2009.01.09
The first East Asian receiver system was completed at the OSF
In the ALMA Project, receiver cartridges of all the bands developed in several regions are shipped to three Front End Integration Centers (FEICs) in three main…
2009.01.08
Antenna is transported to the JAO area
An ACA (Atacama Compact Array) 12-m Antenna, which was delivered to JAO (Joint ALMA Observatory) as the first antenna on 2008 December 19, was moved out from t…
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In the November 2024 issue of Forbes JAPAN, Professor Misato Fukagawa, who serves as the East Asia Operations Manager o…
