2009.11.14
Lecture at the Japan Institute of Light Metals
On November 14, the Japan Institute of Light Metals (JILM) forum was held at the University of Electro-Communications. At the forum, Masao Saito (Assistant Pro…
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2009.11.14
On November 14, the Japan Institute of Light Metals (JILM) forum was held at the University of Electro-Communications. At the forum, Masao Saito (Assistant Pro…
2009.10.24
On October 24, NAOJ Mitaka Campus held its 2009 Open Campus (called “Mitaka Star and Universe Day” from this year). Even though it was unfortunatel…
2009.08.22
NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2009 Open Campus on August 22, and this year’s open campus attracted 2704 visitors. The ALMA-J Project Office p…
2009.07.03
From July 3 through 4, “Nobeyama Radio Observatory in the Past Quarter Century and Future of Radio Astronomy” was held at the Mitaka Campus. This i…
2009.03.23
On March 13, after the close of the ALMA Board, a party was held at the Japanese ambassadors residence in Santiago to welcome Director General of NAOJ, Shoken …
2009.03.22
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) held a special event for its members on March 20 through 22. In a program titled “A bit…
2009.03.19
After finishing the observation and tests with the ACA antenna, I stepped outside and found the eastern sky beginning to dawn. And, after a short while, half m…
2009.03.18
The 117th Tokyo Techno Forum Research Exchange Workshop was held at Nippon Press Center on March 18. A lecture titled Gigantic Radio Eye EALMA, Radio Telescope…
2009.03.07
The picture shows Array Operations Site (alt. 5000m). Currently, antenna pads are under construction at AOS. Small wooden houses and orange covers for the cons…
2009.03.03
Leaving OSF (Operations Support Facility) and after about one-hour drive across the Atacama Desert, I finally arrived Chaxa Lagoon. As there was nothing that o…
2009.02.28
As we are in the season of Altiplanic winter, clouds are drifted from the direction of Bolivia in the afternoon, and sometimes dense clouds cover the entire sk…
2008.12.08
This beautiful sky was photographed at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). The picture shows the Milky Way extending across the sky with the Large Mage…
2008.10.25
NAOJ Mitaka Campus held its 2008 Open Campus on October 25. Even though it was unfortunately cloudy on the day and star gazing event was cancelled, Open Campus…
2008.09.08
At NAOJ in Mitaka, excavation of an ancient tomb has been underway since 2005. On September 8, the tomb was open to NAOJ staff for the first time, following th…
2008.09.04
The new column,”The Wind from the Andes” started. “The Wind from the Andes”
2008.08.23
NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2008 Open Campus on August 23. Even though it was unfortunately raining, 2317 people visited this years Open Campus e…
2008.08.16
On August 16, the 20th ALMA Public Lecture was held at the Kamo Planetarium in Kyoto, Japan. The lecture given by Seiichi Sakamoto, Professor at the Japan Aero…
2008.08.03
This picture shows the night sky over the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). The antennas are usually illuminated at night for safety, but tonight I turne…
2008.07.24
On a cloudless sunny day, I had a chance to see the famous Atacama beautiful star-filled skyEat the Operation Support Facility (OSF). At night, while a North A…
2008.07.23
Today it was calm and windless in contrast to a sand storm with a wind velocity of 20m/s or higher on the previous day. Clouds were growing thick from the afte…
A young ALMA researcher, Dr. Takuma Izumi at NAOJ received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2024 Commendation for Science a…
Astronomers have discovered the remnants of powerful ‘sneezes’ expelling gas, dust, and electromagnetic energy around s…
An international research team led by Sergio Martín of the European Southern Observatory/Joint ALMA Observatory, Nanase…