2011.04.16
Astronomy Pub "Over the Horizon -Universe Seen from the Southern Hemisphere "
In the evening of April 16, 2011, the memorable 60th “Astronomy Pub” was held at the Mitaka Network University.Astronomy Pub this time held a one-…
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2011.04.16
In the evening of April 16, 2011, the memorable 60th “Astronomy Pub” was held at the Mitaka Network University.Astronomy Pub this time held a one-…
2011.04.11
There are many cherry trees in the NAOJ Mitaka campus in Tokyo. As the ALMA building is surrounded by tall cherry trees on three sides (north, south, and west)…
2011.04.04
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
2010.12.21
A total lunar eclipse took place before the dawn on December 21 in Chile (late on the afternoon of December 21 in Japan). The moon located in the upper region …
2010.12.12
On December 12, an American antenna of 12 m in diameter was transported from OSF (2,900 m asl) to AOS (5,000 m asl), bringing the total number of the antenna…
2010.12.08
— ALMA Board Statement on Early Science — “At its meeting on November 16th-18th 2010, the ALMA Board noted the tremendous recent progress in…
2010.12.08
This shows the well-known spiral NGC253, with an optical image of the whole galaxy on the left (credit: ESO). The ALMA test images show dense clouds of gas in …
2010.12.08
An example of ALMA’s potential as a spectroscopic instrument: on the left is the map of the molecular “hot core” G34.26+0.15, which is unreso…
2010.12.08
This shows the emission from the disk of dust surrounding the star Beta-Pictoris. On the left is an image at 70 microns from Herschel, (Olofsson et al., SDP Pr…
2010.12.08
As a test of ALMA’s ability to observe broad spectral lines, we observed the quasar BRI 0952-0115, which is at a redshift of z = 4.43. The object is agai…
2010.11.30
The research team led by Satoru Iguchi, Associate Professor of NAOJ, succeeded in observing a very close binary black hole in the center of 3C66B (a giant ell…
2010.11.21
From November 19 through 21, an event to promote science education “Science Agora 2010” was held at the Tokyo International Exchange Center and th…
2010.11.12
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the National Astronomy Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have successfully developed a…
Scientists have taken an unprecedented step forward in understanding the chemical processes occurring as new stars form…
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecti…
This article is a revised version. Please check the original press release by the European South Observatory here. This…