2011.04.04
A llama in San Pedro de Atacama
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 …
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2011.03.30
ALMA Invites Proposals for Early Science Observations
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
Ten Antennas at AOS
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
Live Images from AOS and OSF
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
Altiplanic Winter Has Come
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
CASA Tutorial
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
ALMA Users Meeting 2011
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
Plan for ALMA Early Science Cycle 0
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
Total Lunar Eclipse
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
Nine 12-m Antennas at AOS
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
— 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
Test Image 1: Spiral Galaxy NGC253
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
Test Image 2: Hot Molecular Core G34.26+0.15
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
Test Image 3: Disk around Bata-Pictoris
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
Test Image 4: Quasar BRI 0952-0115
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
Press Conference: Discovery of Very Close Binary Black Holes just before Its Black Hole Merger
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
The 8th NAOJ Public Lecture "the Mysteries of the Universe to be Explored by the ALMA Telescope"
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
Development of the reference light source with the world highest quality - successful generation of optical signals with high stability, accuracy, and speed -
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the National Astronomy Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have successfully developed a…
2010.11.06
Astronomical Lecture: How Are Stars Born?
An astronomical lecture was given at the Planetarium of the Sumida Culture Factory (Yutoriya Star Garden). The lecture was titled “How Are Stars Born? &#…
2010.11.05
Ceremony of the JAO Santiago Central Office
On November 5 in Santiago, Chile, the ceremony was held to celebrate the delivery of the newly built Santiago Central Office to the Joint ALMA Observatory, du…
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In the November 2024 issue of Forbes JAPAN, Professor Misato Fukagawa, who serves as the East Asia Operations Manager o…
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