2007.08.25
Open Campus at Nobeyama
Nobeyama Radio Observatory held a special open day event on Saturday, and attracted as many as 2695 people this year. At the ALMA booth, we presented mini-lect…
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2007.08.13
3rd Day of Omoshiro Science Fair
On the third day of Omoshiro Science Fair and the final day of the ALMA event, Tomohiko Sekiguchi (research expert at ALMA-J Project Office) gave a presentatio…
2007.08.12
17th ALMA Public Lecture
On the second day of OMOSHIRO Science Fair, the ALMA event is continuously being held. In the afternoon, the 17th ALMA Public Lecture titled “Mysteries o…
2007.08.11
Omoshiro Science Fair
From August 11 through 13, as part of OMOSHIRO Science Fair (“OMOSIRO” means “exciting” in Japanese) which is being held at the Tsukuba…
2007.07.29
16th ALMA Public Lecture
The 16th ALMA Public Lecture titled “Mysteries of the Galaxies and Planets Explored by ALMA” was held in the Science Hall of the Sapporo Science Ce…
2007.06.21
UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007
At the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, “UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007&r…
2007.05.28
Lucky-chan
Everyday a variety of people (such as NAOJ staff and visitors) go through the front gate of NAOJ. Lucky-chan is a watchdog who lives in a doghouse next to the …
2007.05.20
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007 (second day)
On the second day of the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007, Watanabe Junichi, Associate Professor at NAOJ, gave a lecture titled “Definition of Planets…
2007.04.26
Astro-Karuta
“Astro-Karuta (Karuta is a Japanese card game)” is one of the educational materials prepared by a project team “Astronomy and Planetariu…
2007.04.21
Astronomy Pub
On April 21, Mitaka Network University held a popular event called “Astronomy Pub” in the aim of promoting communication between citizens and resea…
2007.03.28
Laboratory Tour at NAOJ
Laboratory tour to show the progress of the development in Japan was conducted inviting three ALMA management executives who were visiting Japan for the ALMA B…
2007.03.24
Science Cafe "Let's talk with an Astronomer!"
The Tsukuba Expo Center in Ibaraki Prefecture held an event titled “Science Cafe” to promote the lively exchange between astronomers and the public…
2007.03.22
Weeping cherry tree is about to bloom
The warm spring has come to our NAOJ Mitaka Campus and the weeping cherry trees in the campus will soon be in full bloom. The picture shows a weeping cherry tr…
2007.03.20
Great Distance to Saturn
TV crew of NHK and a popular TV personality Megumi Yasu visited NAOJ Mitaka Campus for the shooting of a TV program featuring Saturn. For this program, a speci…
2007.03.16
North Building of the Mitaka Campus completed
The antiseismic reinforcement of the North Building in NAOJ Mitaka Campus has completed. During the construction, some members of the ALMA-J Project Office had…
2007.03.14
End mill the size of a hair
In a factory in Fukushima Prefecture, high-precision microfabrication of waveguide components for ALMA Band 4 and Band 10 are being conducted. The picture…
2007.03.10
Topping-Out Ceremony of the OSF Technical Building
The topping-out ceremony of the OSF Technical Building was held in Chile, and attended by about 100 ALMA project members and 150 local people concerned. From J…
2007.03.04
Open Lecture by the Surface Science Society of Japan, Osaka Branch
On March 4, the Surface Science Society of Japan, Osaka Branch held its 8th open lecture titled “Attractiveness of Handmade Space Science” at the O…
2007.03.03
15th ALMA Public Lecture
On March 3, the 15th ALMA Public Lecture titled “From Black Hole to the Mysteries of Planets – Shape of the Space Explored by ALMA” was held …
2007.02.19
Image of a radio telescope captured by another radio telescope
The scanning radiometer (small radio telescope), which has been developed mainly by the University of Tokyo for the purpose of measuring the spatial distributi…
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