2006.08.03
Mini-lecture in Summer Astronomy School for Children
On the third day of NAOJ Summer Astronomical School for Children, a lecture titled “what is there at the end of the solar system?” was given by Tom…
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2006.08.01
Q&A booth in Summer Astronomy School for Children
From August 1 through 4, Summer Astronomy School for Children is held at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). On the first day of the event, over…
2006.07.27
Opening ceremony of Archeological Museum
An archeological museum was established by the roadside between the Operations Support Facility (OSF) and Array Operation Site (AOS), and its opening ceremony …
2006.07.23
Commemorative event for the 20th anniversary of the meteorite fall in Kokubunji
Takamatsu Civic Culture Center held a commemorative event to mark the 20th anniversary of the meteorite fall in Kokubunji, and Seiichi Sakamoto, associate prof…
2006.07.07
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 3)
About 50 people attended the third lecture in the series of the astronomical lectures held by Mitaka Network University, and Professor Ryohei Kawabe, ALMA-J Pr…
2006.07.01
Public lecture for undergraduate/graduate students
A public lecture titled Messages from the UniverseEhosted by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan was held for undergraduate and graduate students. This …
2006.06.30
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 2)
Testuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager gave a presentation about the birth of stars and planets explored by ALMA as the second lecture in the series of the as…
2006.06.23
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 1)
Mitaka Network University (a joint project between Mitaka City and 14 educational and research institutes in and around the city) holds a series of the astrono…
2006.06.17
The Scorpius, King of Winter?
In Chile the winter solstice day is about to come. Although we are in winter, we can see stars known as the constellations in summerEin Japan. The picture show…
2006.06.16
NAOJ Director General's visit to Japanese Embassy in Chile
Director General of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and other NAOJ members visited Embassy of Japan in Chile to give progress report on ALMA constru…
2006.06.13
The life of Masao Uehara
The Chilean national TV network, TVN (Televisi�n Nacional de Chile), came to the ALMA site to make a documentary about Masao Uehara, second-generation Chilean …
2006.06.06
Wisdom + Benefit = Chile
On June 3, an article about Taiwans participation in ALMA was run in Taiwanese newspaper, Liberty Times. We received the article from Nagayoshi Ohashi of Acade…
2006.05.31
Green clouds
Around 9:00 a.m. on May 31, green clouds appeared in the east sky of Santiago. The picture shows the clouds over Cordillera de los Andes, viewed from Joint ALM…
2006.05.22
Otaka-san's visit to Mitaka
Otaka-san is a woman introduced in letters column of the Asahi Shimbun of May 12. She has worked as a lathe operator for 30 years, and her friend wrote a lette…
2006.05.21
8th ALMA-J Public Lecture
The 8th ALMA Public Lecture titled We were born from stardust EALMA, a gigantic radiotelescope to explore the mysteries of the universeEwas held at Fukuoka Sci…
2006.05.20
Wonder Planetarium at Kumamoto City Museum
Wonder Planetarium Looking at the Southern Sky EStars Presented by the Constellation Camera i-CAN and ALMA ProjectEwas held at Kumamoto City Museum. The progra…
2006.04.25
8th ALMA-J Public Lecture in preparation
The 8th ALMA-J Public Lecture titled We were born from stardust EALMA, the gigantic radio telescope to explore the mysteries of the universeEwill be held on Ma…
2006.04.18
Eruption of Lascar
Lascar (5400 m asl), an active volcano located about 40 km south of the ALMA construction site, erupted around 11:00 am on April 18 local time (midnight on Apr…
2006.03.21
Steel framing of the AOS Technical Building completed
Construction of the AOS building (5050 m asl) is proceeding at a fast pace in Chile. As steel framing has been completed, our work is shifting to walling of th…
2006.03.04
Office building and Southern Cross
There has been no rain since the end of November last year in Santiago. As the season when the city is covered with a smoggy haze is yet to come, we can see st…
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