2010.10.28

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The ALMA Annual External Review was jointly held by East Asia, Europe, and North America in Santiago, Chile from Oct. 23 through 28. Japan representing East As…

2010.10.23

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The open campus event titled “A Day of Stars and the Universe” was held at Mitaka Campus of the National Astronomy Observatory of Japan on Oct. 22 …

2010.10.12

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The Science Operations Readiness Review was held in Santiago, Chile on Oct. 11 and 12. The purpose of this Review is to evaluate the Joint ALMA ObservatoryR…

2010.09.27

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An additional 12-m antenna was moved from OSF (2,900 asl.) to AOS (5,000 asl.) on September 26, bringing the total number of the antennas at AOS to eight.(Pict…

2010.09.15

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After their arrival at the port in Chile on Sep. 10, the four 7-meter diameter antennas were firmly fixed to the transporters on the following day and started …

2010.09.10

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Four 7-meter diameter antennas fabricated in Japan arrived at the port of Mejillones in Chile. These antennas will be loaded onto the transporters and brought …

2010.09.09

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ALMA Video “ALMA Video -8 Construction of ALMA 2009” was released. View This Video [Contents] ■ 12m Diameter Antenna Arrival at the Array Operati…

2010.09.07

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A group of researchers of the ALMA-J Project Office discovered the fact that a group of young stars (star cluster) is formed by a collision of gas molecules. T…

2010.08.21

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NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2010 Open Campus on August 21. The weather was beautiful, and as many as 3,278 visitors came to enjoy the event. In t…

2010.08.11

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At AOS, the antennas were moved by the transporters that were specially customized for ALMA.The picture shows the Japanese antennas on the two transporters.(Pi…

2010.08.10

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An additional 12-m antenna was moved from OSF (2,900 asl.) to AOS (5,000 asl.) on August 7, bringing the total number of the antennas at AOS to seven.(Picture …

2010.08.06

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An additional 12-m antenna was moved from OSF (2,900 asl.) to AOS (5,000 asl.) on July 26, bringing the total number of the antennas at AOS to six.(Picture pro…

2010.07.23

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The Summer Astronomy School for Children was held at the Mitaka Campus of NAOJ on July 22 and 23. Kengo Tachihara, a researcher of the ALMA-J Project Office ga…

2010.07.16

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The workshop to commemorate the retirement of Professor Yoshihiro Chikada was held at the Mitaka Campus of NAOJ. Professor Chikada, known as an inventor of the…

2010.07.01

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Before the moon appeared in the sky, I took a walk to a nearby valley for a little exercise after dinner. The Milky Way looked like a starry bridge over the va…

2010.06.16

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Since Chile (the construction site of ALMA) participates in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the ALMA staff members in Santiago are glued to the TV screen when a match…

2010.06.02

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We started the Commissioning Science Verification with a total of five 12-meter diameter antennas including one newly arrived at AOS on May 31. It is really ov…

2010.05.29

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From May 28 through 30, the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity (JSTP) forum was held at the University of Electro-Communications. At the forum, Satoru …

2010.05.26

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From May 23 through 28, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010 was held in the international exhibition hall at Makuhari Messe, and NAOJ set up a booth featu…

2010.05.25

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To receive weak radio waves from the universe, the antenna surface needs to be extremely smooth, and the surface roughness is required about the same as the th…