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…
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2006.04.27
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 (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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2006.01.29
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
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
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 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
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 (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
International science meeting “Inaugural Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop” was held at Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, …
2005.11.25
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
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
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 …
2005.11.11
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 …
In April 2025, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array (*) designed and deve…
A research team led by Ayumu Shoshi of Kyushu University and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysic…
On March 21, 2025, NAOJ participated in the public event "Open Day 2025" held at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Santiago…