Ambassador Rojas received an overview of NAOJ’s mission and operations from NAOJ Director General Saku Tsuneta. After that, they held discussion with other attendees and actively exchanged opinions about NAOJ’s achievements and future plans for large-scale international joint research projects, such as the ALMA telescope currently in operation in Chile and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) scheduled to be built in the Big Island of Hawaii.

Ambassador Rojas is in the center.
Credit: NAOJ

Afterwards, the Ambassador and his suite visited the Advanced Technology Center and observed the ultra-precision machine workshop for the fabrication of astronomical instrumentation such as high-sensitivity sensors and ALMA receivers, and had a chat with Chilean researchers who are engaged in scientific activities at NAOJ.

Ambassador Rojas received an explanation of the manufacturing technology for observation instruments at the Advanced Technology Center.
Credit: NAOJ

Finally, the ambassador and his suite visited the 4D2U Dome Theater and experienced a beautiful four-dimensional view of the universe created by supercomputer simulations based on recent observation data.