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2010.03.03
ALMA Band 10 development team members received the Super Conductor Science and Technology Award from the Society of Non-Traditional Technology for their succes…
2010.02.28
The picture shows the rays of sunlight streaming through clouds and blessed rain that brings water to earth [Picture and texts provided by George Kosugi].
2010.02.25
The second ACA 12-m antenna manufactured by Japan was transported from the Japanese site erection facility area to the OSF test facility area. The photo shows …
2010.02.23
Whereas it is in the middle of winter in Japan, we are now in summer in Chile, which is halfway around the world from Japan. One night when I lay on the bed wi…
2010.02.23
There is a field of big cactus on the way to the AOS from the OSF. The tallest one seems to be about 6 to 7 meters high. I wonder how many years it took them t…
2010.02.22
Between Chile and Japan, there is a 12-hour time difference in summer. For some days after just arriving in Chile from Japan, I often awaken before dawn. In th…
2010.01.18
On January 15, Dr. Mamoru Mohri, Director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) of Japan and the first Japanese astronaut, visit…
2009.12.01
The fall foliage season has come to the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. Pavements covered with fallen leaves look like a colorful carpet. Trees are preparing for a winter …
2009.11.25
On November 25, at the Jindaiji Elementary School, in Chofu, Japan, Yasunori Fujii, Engineer of the ALMA Band 10 Cartridge Team, gave a lecture on astronomical…
2009.11.16
While looking for shooting stars during the period of the Leonoid Meteor Shower, I saw the Southern Cross rising in the sky at dawn [Picture and texts pr…
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…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have obtained the most detailed three-dimens…
A student from the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) have received an award for his collaborative research wit…
The preliminary design review of “Band 8v2,” a development project to upgrade the Band 8 receiver, one of the ten recei…
