2006.07.27
Opening ceremony of Archeological Museum
An archeological museum was established by the roadside between the Operations Support Facility (OSF) and Array Operation Site (AOS), and its opening ceremony …
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2006.07.23
Commemorative event for the 20th anniversary of the meteorite fall in Kokubunji
Takamatsu Civic Culture Center held a commemorative event to mark the 20th anniversary of the meteorite fall in Kokubunji, and Seiichi Sakamoto, associate prof…
2006.07.21
Concrete placing for antenna foundations at assembly site completed
At the OSF (Operations Support Facility) at 2900 m asl, concrete placing for the antenna foundation at the Japanese antenna assembly site has been completed. T…
2006.07.07
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 3)
About 50 people attended the third lecture in the series of the astronomical lectures held by Mitaka Network University, and Professor Ryohei Kawabe, ALMA-J Pr…
2006.07.01
Public lecture for undergraduate/graduate students
A public lecture titled Messages from the UniverseEhosted by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan was held for undergraduate and graduate students. This …
2006.06.30
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 2)
Testuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager gave a presentation about the birth of stars and planets explored by ALMA as the second lecture in the series of the as…
2006.06.23
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 1)
Mitaka Network University (a joint project between Mitaka City and 14 educational and research institutes in and around the city) holds a series of the astrono…
2006.06.19
Antenna foundation work started at the OSF
At the OSF (Operations Support Facility) at 2900 m asl, foundation work has started for the construction of the Japanese and North American antennas. The pictu…
2006.06.17
The Scorpius, King of Winter?
In Chile the winter solstice day is about to come. Although we are in winter, we can see stars known as the constellations in summerEin Japan. The picture show…
2006.06.16
NAOJ Director General's visit to Japanese Embassy in Chile
Director General of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and other NAOJ members visited Embassy of Japan in Chile to give progress report on ALMA constru…
2006.06.15
ACA correlator engineers' visit to the AOS
Two engineers from the Japanese manufacture of the ACA correlator visited the lodging facility at the OSF (Operations Support Facility) and the ACA correlator …
2006.06.14
ALMA Board in Santiago
From June 13 through 14, ALMA Board was held in Santiago. Shoken Miyama, Director General of NAOJ, attended the meeting as a board member representing Japan, w…
2006.06.13
The life of Masao Uehara
The Chilean national TV network, TVN (Televisi�n Nacional de Chile), came to the ALMA site to make a documentary about Masao Uehara, second-generation Chilean …
2006.06.06
Wisdom + Benefit = Chile
On June 3, an article about Taiwans participation in ALMA was run in Taiwanese newspaper, Liberty Times. We received the article from Nagayoshi Ohashi of Acade…
2006.05.31
Green clouds
Around 9:00 a.m. on May 31, green clouds appeared in the east sky of Santiago. The picture shows the clouds over Cordillera de los Andes, viewed from Joint ALM…
2006.05.22
Otaka-san's visit to Mitaka
Otaka-san is a woman introduced in letters column of the Asahi Shimbun of May 12. She has worked as a lathe operator for 30 years, and her friend wrote a lette…
2006.05.21
8th ALMA-J Public Lecture
The 8th ALMA Public Lecture titled We were born from stardust EALMA, a gigantic radiotelescope to explore the mysteries of the universeEwas held at Fukuoka Sci…
2006.05.20
Wonder Planetarium at Kumamoto City Museum
Wonder Planetarium Looking at the Southern Sky EStars Presented by the Constellation Camera i-CAN and ALMA ProjectEwas held at Kumamoto City Museum. The progra…
2006.05.16
Planetary science session
In planetary science session on the third day of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, postdoctoral fellow, gave a presentation on ALMA incl…
2006.05.14
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006
From May 14 through 18, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006 is being held at the Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall. NAOJ ALMA Project also participa…
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