2012.08.29

Tags: ALMA Discoveries Press Releases Cosmic Mysteries

A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a young Sun-like star. T…

2012.08.25

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On August 25, Nobeyama Open Campus 2012 was held at the NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Although it was a scorching hot day,…

2012.08.23

Tags: ALMA Topics

We released a new article of Bienvenido a ALMA, a column series featuring different NAOJ ALMA staff members each time. “Bienvenido a ALMA!” 11. &#…

2012.08.10

Tags: ALMA Topics

On August 3, Mayor Sandra Berna of San Pedro de Atacama visited the NAOJ Mitaka campus and toured the ALMA Building, Advanced Technology Center (ATC), and 4D2U…

2012.08.01

Tags: ALMA Topics ALMA Technology

On July 31(Chile Time), interference fringes were successfully detected in an interferometer test with Band 4 receivers at the Operations Support Facility (OSF…

2012.07.26

Tags: ALMA Topics

We started a new column series “Bienvenido a ALMA!” featuring different NAOJ ALMA staff members each time. “Bienvenido a ALMA!”

2012.07.15

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Another new North American 12-m antenna arrived at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl. This brought the number of antennas at the AOS to 37. While w…

2012.07.13

Tags: ALMA Topics

On July 5, the NAOJ Chile Observatory held a lecture to celebrate Tanabata Festival with 37 students at the Santiago Japanese School. Tanabata is a Japanese st…

2012.06.22

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On June 22, NAOJ-Mitaka held a memorial ceremony for Professor Koh-Ichiro Morita who passed away in Santiago, Chile on May 7. The ceremony was attended by NAOJ…

2012.06.21

Tags: ALMA Discoveries Press Releases Cosmic Mysteries

An international research team, led by Associate Professor Tohru Nagao from Kyoto University, and including researchers from Japan and Europe, has observed a "…

2012.06.18

Tags: ALMA Topics

On June 18, the East-Asian ALMA Regional Center (EA ARC) held an orientation/consultation meeting titled “ALMA Town Meeting in Mitaka” for the prep…

2012.06.11

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A transit of Venus across the Sun took place on June 6, 2012.　Since it was night time, the phenomenon was not visible in Chile, but we captured Venus just bef…

2012.06.08

Tags: ALMA Discoveries

From June 6 to June 7, the Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for Band 4 and Band 10 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. As a result of the review, it was co…

2012.06.06

Tags: ALMA Topics

We are pleased to announce the release of a new film documenting the manufacturing process of the Japanese ALMA antenna. This film shows how the Japanese 7-m a…

2012.06.05

Tags: ALMA Topics ALMA Technology

Before its construction is even completed, the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope is embarking on an upgrade that will help astr…

2012.06.01

Tags: ALMA Discoveries ALMA Visuals

A new image of the center of the distinctive galaxy Centaurus A, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows how the new observato…

2012.05.29

Tags: ALMA Discoveries ALMA Technology

On April 29 (Chilean time), we conducted a test polarization observation using five Japanese 7-m ACA (Atacama Compact Array) antennas and a Japanese ACA correl…

2012.05.20

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From May 20 through 25, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012 was held at the international exhibition hall of Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. NAOJ ALMA part…

2012.05.14

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In honor of our colleague Professor Koh-Ichiro Morita who passed away May 7, we held a memorial ceremony at the Santiago Central Office (SCO) of the Joint ALMA…

2012.05.14

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On the 5,000 meters altitude Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most complex gr…