2005.11.16

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As one of the activities for recording the ALMA construction, we are filming this year at the VLA site, where the famous movie “Contact” was shot, …

2005.11.15

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Disassembly of the tested ALMA-J prototype antenna started at the ALMA Test Facility within the VLA site of NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) in New …

2005.11.13

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7th ALMA-J public lecture titled “Dream for the Space” (hosted by NAOJ under the joint auspices of Kochi Education Center, and Kochi-ken BUNKYO KYO…

2005.11.12

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The 3rd Astronomical Lecture in Tosa-town titled “Evening with stars and music” (hosted by Tosa-town’s education board under the joint auspic…

2005.11.11

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Atacama Compact Array (ACA) is an array consisted of twelve 7-m antennas and four 12-m antennas, which was introduced in ALMA by the participation of Japan. A …

2005.11.09

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A review of the 12-m antenna for the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) developed by Japan was held at Itami (near Osaka) on November 8 and 9. The review committee in…

2005.11.02

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The ALMA Board meeting was held in Santiago on November 1 and 2 with the participation of Norio Kaifu (NAOJ Director General), Masato Ishiguro (ALMA-J project …

2005.10.31

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At the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), a special ambulance was deployed in a healthcare room, and a concrete plant was completed for the construction o…

2005.10.30

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The construction of the Technical Building has been started at the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) at an altitude of 5000 m above sea level. The picture shows…

2005.10.22

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An astronomical lecture presentation tiled “New picture of the universe explored by ALMA, gigantic radio telescope in the Andes” (hosted by Nagano …

2005.10.16

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The 6th ALMA public lecture titled “The birth and death of the stars explored by ALMA” (hosted by NAOJ and Okayama University of Science, Academic …

2005.10.15

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About 1700 people visited Mitaka campus on the special open day. At the ALMA booth, we presented a demonstration of remote control of the 45 cm telescope locat…

2005.10.08

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Astronomical Society of Japan held its biannual autumn conference 2005 at Sapporo Convention Center from October 6 to 8. There were 34 ALMA-related presentatio…

2005.10.02

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ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) meeting was held in Santiago on October 1 and 2. From Japan, six people attended the meeting including Yasuo Fukui (Nago…

2005.09.22

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We sometimes see a domesticated llama (a type of the camels) around San Pedro de Atacama, the closest village from the ALMA construction site. The picture show…

2005.09.18

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September 18th is the independence day of Chile, and September 19th is the Armed Forces Day. This week is called “Diesiocho” (meaning “18R…

2005.09.15

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It is risky to clean the windows of Santiago Office on 18th floor of 21-story building. This picture shows a window cleaner going down from the upper floor wit…

2005.09.12

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Spring is coming and no more smog in Santiago. Looking down outside the window, you can see many high rises under construction. The picture shows Cordillera de…

2005.09.08

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Signing ceremony was held for the agreement between National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan and Academia Sinica (AS) of Taiwan for collaboratio…

2005.08.31

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This is a picture taken at the plenary meeting of ALMA project members. Tetsuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager, is explaining the purpose of the meeting at th…