2008.08.27
Installation of Back End
On August 27, the Back End system was installed in an ACA-12m antenna at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). The picture shows the staff members pleased wit…
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2008.08.23
Nobeyama Open Campus
NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2008 Open Campus on August 23. Even though it was unfortunately raining, 2317 people visited this years Open Campus e…
2008.08.22
Electrical Interface Test with a Transporter
Using the ACA antenna #4, an electrical interface test was conducted between the antenna and a transporter (antenna carrier). This was the first time that a Ja…
2008.08.21
Synchronized Driving of Four ACA Antennas
In the daytime of August 21, four ACA antennas were driven synchronously for the first time at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). It was very impressive to…
2008.08.16
ALMA Public Lecture
On August 16, the 20th ALMA Public Lecture was held at the Kamo Planetarium in Kyoto, Japan. The lecture given by Seiichi Sakamoto, Professor at the Japan Aero…
2008.08.03
Antennas with a Myriad of Stars
This picture shows the night sky over the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). The antennas are usually illuminated at night for safety, but tonight I turne…
2008.07.28
Radio spectrum observed with the first antenna
This is an analysis result of the radio spectrum of CS molecular gases (rotational transition J=3-2, 146.969026 GHz) in a celestial object called Orion KL, whi…
2008.07.24
Milky Way at the OSF
On a cloudless sunny day, I had a chance to see the famous Atacama beautiful star-filled skyEat the Operation Support Facility (OSF). At night, while a North A…
2008.07.23
Flaming Sunset Clouds
Today it was calm and windless in contrast to a sand storm with a wind velocity of 20m/s or higher on the previous day. Clouds were growing thick from the afte…
2008.07.03
Radio Telescope under Construction in Peru
On July 3, an international workshop was held in honor of Professor Mutsumi Ishitukas 50 years of research in Peru at the Sycaya Astronomical Radio Observatory…
2008.06.14
Lecture at the Suginami Science Center
On June 14, the Suginami Science Center held an event titled Astronomical Evening -The Universe Explored by Radio Telescope-E In the event, Seiichi Sakamoto, P…
2008.06.02
Mountains around Santiago heralding the Advent of Winter
As winter is coming in Chile, mountains around Santiago have been capped with snow. In spite of this typical winter scenery, I feel something strange because o…
2008.05.31
ALMA Booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2008
From May 25 through 30, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2008 was held in the international exhibition hall at Makuhari Messe, and NAOJ set up a booth featur…
2008.05.30
From the Window of the Control Room
Currently there are four antennas at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). This picture shows the scenery seen from the window of the control room in a contai…
2008.05.29
Lenticular Clouds over the Licancabur Volcano
Licancabur Volcano (5916 m) is a mountain whose shape is similar to Mt.Fuji. At around 8 oclock in the morning, I found the volcano wearing a hat of lenticular…
2008.05.29
Sheep Clouds across the Sky
The sky over the Operations Support Facility (OSF) was covered by sheep clouds (altocumulus cloud), as if small cotton pieces were placed in rows. Since there …
2008.05.15
Kelvin-Helmholts Instability Cloud Appeared
A streak of cloud, shaped something like French bread, appeared in the sky over the Operations Support Facility (OSF). A cloud shaped like this is called Kelvi…
2008.05.14
Radio image of the sun obtained using the first antenna
These are radio images of the sun, which were obtained using the first ACA 12-m antenna manufactured by Japan. In these images, white color indicates strong in…
2008.05.09
Current Status of OSF
This picture was taken at the antenna assembly area of ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). These four antennas are ACA 12-m antennas designed by the Nation…
2008.04.15
First four ACA 12-m antennas were completed at the OSF
The first four 12-m antennas of ALMA-Japan constructed at the ALMA Operations Support Facility in Chile.
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