2011.10.07
Second Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On September 4, the second Japanese 7-m antenna was transported to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at …
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2011.09.30
ALMA Progress Report Meeting at the Start of Early Science Operations
On September 30, the ALMA-J Project Office held an internal progress report meeting to celebrate the start of the ALMA Early Science Operations at the NAOJ Mit…
2011.09.29
Last Three Japanese 7-m Antennas Shipped to Chile
On August 26, last three 7-m antennas manufactured by Japan were shipped to Chile from an assembly plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The road in front of the p…
2011.09.13
First Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On August 25, the first 7-m antenna manufactured by Japan was transported to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl from the Operations Support Facility…
2011.09.12
Moonlit Antennas and the Southern Cross
The picture shows the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl on the night of September 4. Under the starry sky, the antennas are shining brightly refle…
2011.09.08
ALMA East Asia Development Workshop 2011
On September 8, ALMA East Asia Development Workshop 2011 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus with about 40 participants including researchers and engineers from…
2011.08.25
Nineteen Antennas at AOS
On August 25, one Japanese 7-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m as…
2011.08.20
Nobeyama Open Campus 2011
On August 20, the NAOJ Nobeyama Open Campus 2011 was held at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in Nagano prefecture. Although it rained all day, as many as …
2011.08.13
Eighteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On August 13, one more 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF/2900 m asl) to the Array Operations Site (AOS/5000 m asl) by the …
2011.08.05
Seventeen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On July 31, three days after the arrival of the sixteenth antenna at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl, one more Japanese 12-m antenna was transpor…
2011.08.04
Sixteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On July 28, one more 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl, just a…
2011.07.26
All Four Types of ALMA Antennas at AOS
ALMA has four types of antennas (three types of 12-m antennas and one type of 7-m antenna), two of which (one 12-m and one 7-m) are developed and manufactured …
2011.07.22
Band 8 Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR)
On June 29, the Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for Band 8 (one of the three receiver cartridges to be developed and manufactured by Japan) was held at t…
2011.07.12
Unusual heavy snow in the Atacama Desert
From the end of June through the beginning of July, it snowed heavily in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile where ALMA is under construction. Since Chile is…
2011.07.04
ALMA Management Integrated Product Team Meeting
People from various countries are working on the ALMA project to construct an international astronomical facility in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile in c…
2011.06.27
Smog in Santiago
While June is a rainy season before summer in Japan, it’s turning into winter in Chile in the southern hemisphere. The city of Santiago, where ALMA-J Chi…
2011.06.17
Fifteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On June 14, another 12-m antenna was transported from the OSF (2900 m asl) to the AOS (5000 m asl). Now, fifteen 12-m antennas have been installed at the AOS.…
2011.06.10
Animals living in the Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert where ALMA is under construction is the habitat of various animals. In the lakeside of the Salar de Atacama (Atacama Salt Lake, 2300 m asl)…
2011.06.08
Salar de Atacama reflecting the morning sun
In the early morning of May 17 (Chilean time), the Salar de Atacama (Atacama Salt Lake, 2300 m asl) turned to an orange color reflecting the morning sun risin…
2011.06.03
Fourteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On May 26, another 12-m antenna was transported from OSF (2900 m asl) to AOS (5000 m asl). This brought the total number of the antennas at AOS to fourteen. O…
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