2006.02.04

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Science Live Show “Universe” was held at Science Museum. Kaoru Kimura guided “Walk in the Solar System” using 3D image. After this, Sei…

2006.02.01

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Japan Radio Astronomy Forum and Nobeyama Radio Observatory held a two-day joint symposium for SKA project on February 1 and 2. SKA is a project targeting frequ…

2006.01.23

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In December last year, one of the “i-CAN” constellation cameras was installed at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). After fixing some prob…

2006.01.15

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Chilean presidential election is held every four years (incumbent president is not allowed to run for consecutive terms in office). In this presidential electi…

2006.01.04

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Norio Kaifu, Director General of NAOJ gave an annual new year speech at Mitaka, which was shared with three other observatories using videoconference system): …

2005.12.22

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NTT Group Communication EXPO was held at Tokyo International Forum from December 20 to 22. As part of their exhibition, there were demonstrations of remote-con…

2005.12.21

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NAOJ Cosmic Radio Committee meeting was held with extensive range of users as observers to discuss the role of Nobeyama Radio Observatory in the ALMA era, spec…

2005.12.17

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A public lecture was held at National Science Museum on December 17. More than 50 people attended the presentation titled “The birth of galaxies and plan…

2005.12.15

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International Astronomical Union (IAU) held its 11th Latin American Regional Meeting in Pucon, a tourist site in southern Chile, from December 12 to 16. About …

2005.12.10

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An international research meeting titled “Workshop on Submillimeter Astronomy and Receiver Technologies” was held at Purple Mountain Observatory in…

2005.12.09

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An advanced constellation camera called “i-CAN” was installed in the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) and started its operation. The “i…

2005.11.13

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7th ALMA-J public lecture titled “Dream for the Space” (hosted by NAOJ under the joint auspices of Kochi Education Center, and Kochi-ken BUNKYO KYO…

2005.11.12

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The 3rd Astronomical Lecture in Tosa-town titled “Evening with stars and music” (hosted by Tosa-town’s education board under the joint auspic…

2005.10.22

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An astronomical lecture presentation tiled “New picture of the universe explored by ALMA, gigantic radio telescope in the Andes” (hosted by Nagano …

2005.10.16

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The 6th ALMA public lecture titled “The birth and death of the stars explored by ALMA” (hosted by NAOJ and Okayama University of Science, Academic …

2005.10.15

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About 1700 people visited Mitaka campus on the special open day. At the ALMA booth, we presented a demonstration of remote control of the 45 cm telescope locat…

2005.09.22

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We sometimes see a domesticated llama (a type of the camels) around San Pedro de Atacama, the closest village from the ALMA construction site. The picture show…

2005.09.18

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September 18th is the independence day of Chile, and September 19th is the Armed Forces Day. This week is called “Diesiocho” (meaning “18R…

2005.09.15

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It is risky to clean the windows of Santiago Office on 18th floor of 21-story building. This picture shows a window cleaner going down from the upper floor wit…

2005.09.12

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Spring is coming and no more smog in Santiago. Looking down outside the window, you can see many high rises under construction. The picture shows Cordillera de…