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…
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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…
2010.05.29
Four 12-meter Antennas at AOS
At the Array Operations Site (AOS), there are currently four 12-meter antennas, which are under the performance evaluation. Since each of the antennas is usual…
2009.12.25
ALMA Video "Japanese ALMA antenna became the first to arrive at the ALMA 5000 m site." was released.
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2009.10.29
ACA 7-m Antenna Arrived at the OSF
The ACA 7-m antenna, which entered a Chilean port on October 26, safely arrived at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) in the evening of October 29 (aft…
2009.10.26
ACA 7-m Antenna Arrived in Chile
The first ACA 7-m Antenna, shipped from the Port of Kobe on September 20, safely arrived in Chile after a one-month journey. According to a crew, the sea was c…
2009.09.04
First Shipment of a Band 4 Receiver Cartridge
The first Band 4 receiver cartridge was shipped overseas. Members of the Band 4 Cartridge Team were watching the truck carrying the cartridge as if sending off…
2009.09.04
ALMA Video-6 "Construction of ALMA 2007" and ALMA Video-7 "Construction of ALMA 2008" were released.
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2009.07.28
ACA Antenna Pads at the AOS
Antenna pads for the Atacama Compact Array (four 12-m antennas and twelve 7-m antennas constructed by NAOJ) have been prepared at the Array Operations Site (AO…
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
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…
2009.01.09
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…
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