A total lunar eclipse was observed during the nighttime in Chile (the daytime in Japan time). We successfully took clear images of the eclipse, though clouds covered the moon in the early phases of the eclipse. The moon surface is illuminated by sunlight which reaches the moon after being refracted and scattered by the earths atmosphere.
In April 2025, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array (*) designed and deve…
A research team led by Ayumu Shoshi of Kyushu University and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysic…
On March 21, 2025, NAOJ participated in the public event "Open Day 2025" held at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Santiago…
