2009.07.03
Workshop to commemorate the retirement of Professor Masato Ishiguro
From July 3 through 4, “Nobeyama Radio Observatory in the Past Quarter Century and Future of Radio Astronomy” was held at the Mitaka Campus. This i…
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2009.06.25
Band 4 and Band 8 Critical Design Review
From June 22 through 25, the Critical Design Review (CDR) for Band 4 and Band 8 receivers, developed by ALMA-J, was held in Mitaka, and their final design was …
2009.06.16
World's Highest Performance Submillimeter (terahertz) Receiver
- Band 10, the highest frequency receiver in ALMA, was successfully developed -
The research team led by Yoshinori Uzawa (ALMA Band 10 Team Leader at the National Astronomical Observatory, Advanced Technology Center) successfully develope…
2009.06.16
NAOJ successfully developed the Band 10 receiver
NAOJ successfully developed the Band 10 receiver covering the frequency band from 787 GHz to 950 GHz, whose development was thought to be the most difficult am…
2009.06.12
Press Conference for the Band 10 Receiver
On June 12, NAOJ held a press conference in Mitaka to announce that the Band 10 Receiver covering the frequency band from 787 GHz to 950 GHz was successfully d…
2009.05.22
Safety Review for the ACA 7-m Antenna
From May 21 through 22, the Safety Review for the ACA 7-m antenna, developed by ALMA-J, was held in Amagasaki, Japan. This was the first time that the 7-m ante…
2009.05.21
ALMA Booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
From May 16 through 21, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009 was held in the international exhibition hall at Makuhari Messe, and NAOJ set up a booth featur…
2009.05.06
ALMA Succeeded in its First Interferometer Test
On April 30, The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a gigantic radio telescope project under construction in northern Chile, reached a major milesto…
2009.03.26
ASJ Spring Meeting 2009
From March 24 through 27, the Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) held its Spring Meeting 2009 at the Osaka Prefecture University. In the afternoon of March 26…
2009.03.23
Welcome party for Director General of NAOJ
On March 13, after the close of the ALMA Board, a party was held at the Japanese ambassadors residence in Santiago to welcome Director General of NAOJ, Shoken …
2009.03.22
"A bit of Science" at Miraikan
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) held a special event for its members on March 20 through 22. In a program titled “A bit…
2009.03.19
Big Dipper and Moon around dawn
After finishing the observation and tests with the ACA antenna, I stepped outside and found the eastern sky beginning to dawn. And, after a short while, half m…
2009.03.18
Lecture in Tokyo Techno Forum Research Exchange Workshop
The 117th Tokyo Techno Forum Research Exchange Workshop was held at Nippon Press Center on March 18. A lecture titled Gigantic Radio Eye EALMA, Radio Telescope…
2009.03.07
Array Operations Site under Construction
The picture shows Array Operations Site (alt. 5000m). Currently, antenna pads are under construction at AOS. Small wooden houses and orange covers for the cons…
2009.03.03
Flamingos flying in the sky
Leaving OSF (Operations Support Facility) and after about one-hour drive across the Atacama Desert, I finally arrived Chaxa Lagoon. As there was nothing that o…
2009.02.28
Sky of Altiplanic winter
As we are in the season of Altiplanic winter, clouds are drifted from the direction of Bolivia in the afternoon, and sometimes dense clouds cover the entire sk…
2009.01.09
The first East Asian receiver system was completed at the OSF
In the ALMA Project, receiver cartridges of all the bands developed in several regions are shipped to three Front End Integration Centers (FEICs) in three main…
2009.01.08
Antenna is transported to the JAO area
An ACA (Atacama Compact Array) 12-m Antenna, which was delivered to JAO (Joint ALMA Observatory) as the first antenna on 2008 December 19, was moved out from t…
2008.12.19
Handover of the First Antenna to the Joint ALMA Observatory
-ALMA observatory equipped with its first 'eye'-
An ACA (Atacama Compact Array) 12-m antenna was handed over as the first antenna to the Joint ALMA Observatory, which operates ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/s…
2008.12.12
ASTE Science Workshop
From December 11 through 12, the ASTE Science Workshop was held at NAOJ in Mitaka. In the workshop, they summarized past achievements of ASTE, and held active …
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