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…
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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…
2006.06.15
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…
2006.05.16
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…
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…
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