2018.01.19
Development of New Spectrometer for Morita Array Approved by ALMA Board
In November 2017, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array designed and developed by Japan for the ALMA telescope. Th…
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2017.11.27
Alvaro Gonzalez Wins “IEEE RADIO 2017 Young Scientist Award”
In September 2017, Alvaro Gonzalez, an assistant professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, won the Young Scientist Award at the IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of t…
2017.10.27
Mitaka Open House Day 2017
From October 13 through 14, Mitaka Open House Day was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. This is an annual event of NAOJ to present the latest astronomical achiev…
2017.10.18
ALMA receives award for its contribution to the progress of Chile
The prestigious Chilean business organization ICARE (Instituto Chileno de Administración Racional de Empresas) chose the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
2017.10.12
Eiji Akiyama Awarded “Best Researcher 2016” by the Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
Eiji Akiyama, a specially-appointed assistant professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, received the “Best Researcher 2016” from the Japanese Society for Planet…
2017.10.02
High-Sensitivity Radio Telescope and Supercomputer for Astronomy Selected as IEICE Milestone
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) selected as IEICE Milestone the high-sensitivity radio telescope and the supercom…
2017.09.14
ALMA traverses Chile with its science
“It’s really fantastic, because there are no specialized teachers here who can teach you about the Universe like astronomers,” celebrates Arlette Olguín, stude…
2017.09.07
Nobeyama Open Campus 2017
The NAOJ Chile Observatory annually participates in the Nobeyama Open campus events and presents exhibitions of the ALMA and ASTE telescopes in Chile. This ye…
2017.08.29
Summer Astronomy Program for Kids - Radio Astronomy Class
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) provides annual summer astronomy programs for kids aged from 6 to 15. This year’s event was a three-day p…
2017.08.21
Japanese Ambassador to Chile Yoshinobu Hiraishi Visits ALMA
On July 29, Yoshinobu Hiraishi, who was appointed as Ambassador of Japan to Chile this year, visited the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) with his wife and the…
2017.08.17
ALMA is Almost Ready to Start Cycle 5 Observations
After notifying the over 1100 astronomers who were granted observation time with ALMA, a process that had taken nearly five months is finally ending. The ALMA …
2017.08.15
Professor Takaaki Kajita Visits ALMA
Professor Takaaki Kajita, Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) at the University of Tokyo, is one of the two winners of the 2015 Nobel Priz…
2017.07.21
TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
The Santiago Japanese School held its annual TANABATA lecture on July 6, 2017. The speaker this year was Seiichi Sakamoto, a professor at the NAOJ Chile Obser…
2017.07.10
ALMA Selects New Director
After a competitive selection process that began in January 2017, the international governing board of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) …
2017.06.01
ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2017
NAOJ ALMA exhibits a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting every year. This year’s event was held from May 20 through 25 jointly with the American Geophy…
2017.04.28
Over 1700 proposals received in the ALMA Cycle 5 call
ALMA has reached a new record. Astronomers from almost all over the world worked against the clock to present their observation proposals on time for the new c…
2017.04.10
ACA Total Power Array Spectrometer PDR
On February 20 and 21, 2017, two-day ALMA ACA Total Power (TP) Array Spectrometer Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held at the Korea Astronomy and Space Sci…
2017.03.27
9th SPSS Award Given to Joten Okamoto
The Society for Promotion of Space Science (SPSS) gave the 9th SPSS Award to Joten Okamoto, an NAOJ fellow who is engaged in research activities at the NAOJ C…
2017.03.14
Solar Eclipse Observation at the Residence of the NAOJ Chile Observatory Director
An annular solar eclipse took place in the morning of February 26 in Southern Chile. It was observed in Santiago from 9:20 am to 11:50 am as a partial solar e…
2017.02.27
2016 Japan Radio Astronomy Forum Symposium
From February 21 through 22, 2017, the Japan Radio Astronomy Forum (JRAF) Symposium FY2016 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. More than 80 participants atten…
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