2011.12.20
Donkeys Come to OSF
On a cold day, wild donkeys came to the ALMA staff’s accommodation facility at the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl. Usually they are livi…
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2011.12.08
NHK Cosmic Front Features ALMA Telescope
An NHK BS space program featuring the ALMA Telescope will be broadcast this week. The program will introduce ALMA that has just come into operation with its hi…
2011.12.07
Astronomy Class for Children at Tamarokuto Science Center
“Easy-to-Understand Astronomy Class” for elementary school children was held at the Tamarokuto Science Center in Tokyo on December 4. At the event,…
2011.12.06
Cactus Flower Blooming in the Atacama Desert
We can find many cactuses around the 4-km point (about at 3100 m asl) on the way from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl to the Array Operatio…
2011.12.05
Inter-University Research Institutes Symposium 2011
The Inter-University Research Institute Corporation held the joint symposium 2011 titled “Everything flows” in Akihabara, Tokyo, on November 26. T…
2011.11.22
Packing of Band 4 and Band 8 Receivers
One Band 4 and one Band 8 receivers were packed at the NAOJ Advanced Technology Center in Mitaka on November 8, and sent by air from Narita to Washington on No…
2011.11.21
25 Antennas at AOS
On November 15, one more North American 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at…
2011.11.18
Mitaka Open House Day 2011 -Messages for ALMA-
This is a message board set up at the entrance of the ALMA Building on the day of the Mitaka Open House Day 2011 on October 22. We received encouraging and hea…
2011.11.17
Fourth Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On October 30, the fourth Japanese 7-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility at 2900 m asl to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m…
2011.11.07
Last Three Japanese 7-m Antennas Arrives in Chile
The last three of twelve Japanese 7-m antennas arrived at the Port of Mejillones in northern Chile on October 17. They were shipped from the Port of Kobe on S…
2011.11.07
EPO Workshop on Radio Astronomy
From November 6 through 8, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) held a workshop for students and those engaged in scientific education and pub…
2011.11.04
Successful Interferometer Test with Three Japanese 7-m Antennas and ACA Correlator
On October 23, an interferometer test was conducted using three Japanese 7-m antennas and a Japanese correlator installed at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at…
2011.11.01
Paper Antenna carried by Paper Transporter
These paper Japanese 12-m antenna and transporter were made for the explanation of the ALMA Array Operations Site (5000 m asl) at the diorama exhibition corner…
2011.10.31
22 Antennas at AOS
On October 19, the third European 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5…
2011.10.31
Mitaka Open House Day 2011
The open house event was held at the Mitaka Campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on October 21 and 22. Although it rained on both da…
2011.10.20
Twenty Antennas at AOS
On September 14, the second European 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl to the Array Operations Site (AOS) a…
2011.10.18
ALMA Telescope Featured in NHK Today's Close-up
The ALMA Telescope will be featured in an NHK news program “Today’s Close-up” (“Close-up Gendai” in Japanese) today. The program …
2011.10.17
Third Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On September 26, the third Japanese 7-m antenna was transported to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl from the Operations Support Facility at 2900m …
2011.10.13
Planetarium Creator Takayuki Ohira Visits ALMA Site
Takayuki Ohira who developed the world’s most advanced planetarium projector called “MEGASTAR” visited the ALMA site in Chile from June to Ju…
2011.10.10
3rd Tokyo International Science Festival
From October 8 through 10, the closing event of the 3rd Tokyo International Science Festival was held at the Panasonic Center in Ariake, Tokyo. At this three-d…
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