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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2006.04.28
Visit to the top of Mt. Chajnantor
Following the 2nd Atacama Conference, TAO staffs conducted a visit to the top of Mt. Chajnantor (5650 m asl), a candidate site for Tokyo Atacama Observatory (T…
2006.04.27
2nd Atacama Conference
In Chile, the 2nd Atacama Conference is being held on April 27 and 28 at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). Attendees of the meeting are the representative…
2006.04.13
Exterior finish work of AOS Technical Building almost completed
Exterior finish work of AOS (Array Operations Site) Technical Building at 5,050 m above sea level is almost complete at the construction site in Chile. The pic…
2006.04.12
Land formation for the ACA antenna assembly area completed
In Chile, land formation for the ACA antenna assembly area (32 m x 168 m) has been completed at the construction site of Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2…
2006.03.29
ALMA Special Session
Astronomical Society of Japan held its 2006 Spring Meeting at Wakayama University from March 27 through 29. In the ALMA Special Session held in the afternoon o…
2006.03.27
Biannual Meeting of ASJ (2006 spring)
Astronomical Society of Japan held its 2006 Spring Meeting at Wakayama University from March 27 through 29. The program includes twenty presentations related t…
2006.03.24
ALMA Board in Kyoto
From March 22 through 24, ALMA Board meeting was held at Kyoto Research Park for the first time in Japan. Norio Kaifu, Director General of NAOJ, attended the m…
2006.03.07
6th Millimeter/submillimeter Receiver Workshop
On March 6 and 7, the 6th Millimeter/submillimeter Receiver Workshop was held at Osaka Prefecture University. More than 80 people participated in the workshop,…
2006.03.03
3rd ALMA Science Workshop
ALMA Science Working Group held its 3rd workshop in Mitaka from March 2 to 3. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss a wide variety of research themes rela…
2006.02.27
ALMA Video-3 "Antenna Evaluation at the ATF" was released.
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2006.01.29
ASAC in Maryland
ALMA Science Advisory Committee was held in Maryland, U.S., on January 28 and 29. Eight participants from Japan attended the committee with U.S. and European m…
2006.01.28
Disasembly of ALMA-J prototype antenna completed
Disassembly of Japanese prototype antenna has been completed at ALMA Test Facility within VLA (Very Large Array), New Mexico, U.S.. The picture shows the trail…
2006.01.17
Disasembly of ALMA-J prototype antenna
Disassembly of the tested ALMA-J prototype antenna is proceeding steadily at the ALMA Test Facility within the VLA site of NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Obser…
2006.01.14
Concrete placing for ACA correlator room completed
Concrete placing for the ACA correlator room at the Array Operations Site (AOS) has been completed. The picture shows Seiichi Sakamoto standing on the concrete…
2006.01.11
Soil testing at ACA site
Basic soil testing was conducted at the proposed ACA site, and the ground was found as firm as other sites. The picture shows a local staff measuring the depth…
2005.12.20
ALMA-J all-hands meeting
ALMA-J all-hands meeting (combined with a year-end party) was held with project members (currently 72 including graduate students, and most of them belong to A…
2005.12.16
ALMA Science Workshop in Taiwan
International science meeting “Inaugural Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop” was held at Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, …
2005.11.25
Agreement on regional support in Chile
The signing ceremony for the agreement on regional support through ALMA was held at the 25th anniversary commemorative event of city administration of San Pedr…
2005.11.16
Filming at ALMA Test Facility
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, …
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