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…
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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…
2011.10.07
Second Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On September 4, the second Japanese 7-m antenna was transported to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at …
2011.10.03
ALMA Opens Its Eyes
The most powerful millimeter/submillimeter-wavelength telescope in the world opens for business and reveals its first image Humanity’s most complex grou…
2011.09.30
ALMA Progress Report Meeting at the Start of Early Science Operations
On September 30, the ALMA-J Project Office held an internal progress report meeting to celebrate the start of the ALMA Early Science Operations at the NAOJ Mit…
2011.09.29
Last Three Japanese 7-m Antennas Shipped to Chile
On August 26, last three 7-m antennas manufactured by Japan were shipped to Chile from an assembly plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The road in front of the p…
2011.09.13
First Japanese 7-m Antenna Installed at AOS
On August 25, the first 7-m antenna manufactured by Japan was transported to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl from the Operations Support Facility…
2011.09.12
Moonlit Antennas and the Southern Cross
The picture shows the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl on the night of September 4. Under the starry sky, the antennas are shining brightly refle…
2011.09.08
ALMA East Asia Development Workshop 2011
On September 8, ALMA East Asia Development Workshop 2011 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus with about 40 participants including researchers and engineers from…
2011.09.02
Successful Interferometer Test with Japanese 7-m and 12-m Antennas at AOS
On September 2, an interferometer test was conducted with the first Japanese 7-m and first 12-m antennas at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl and i…
2011.08.25
Nineteen Antennas at AOS
On August 25, one Japanese 7-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m as…
2011.08.20
Nobeyama Open Campus 2011
On August 20, the NAOJ Nobeyama Open Campus 2011 was held at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in Nagano prefecture. Although it rained all day, as many as …
2011.08.13
Eighteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On August 13, one more 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF/2900 m asl) to the Array Operations Site (AOS/5000 m asl) by the …
2011.08.11
Successful Interferometer Test with Two Japanese 7-m Antennas
On August 11, an interferometer test using two Japanese 7-m antennas was conducted at the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl and interference frin…
2011.08.11
Successful Interferometer Test with Sixteen 12-m Antennas
On August 6, an interferometer test was conducted at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl and fringes of 120 baselines were successfully obtained with…
2011.08.05
Seventeen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On July 31, three days after the arrival of the sixteenth antenna at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl, one more Japanese 12-m antenna was transpor…
2011.08.04
Sixteen 12-m Antennas at AOS
On July 28, one more 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl, just a…
2011.07.26
All Four Types of ALMA Antennas at AOS
ALMA has four types of antennas (three types of 12-m antennas and one type of 7-m antenna), two of which (one 12-m and one 7-m) are developed and manufactured …
2011.07.22
Band 8 Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR)
On June 29, the Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for Band 8 (one of the three receiver cartridges to be developed and manufactured by Japan) was held at t…
2011.07.12
Unusual heavy snow in the Atacama Desert
From the end of June through the beginning of July, it snowed heavily in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile where ALMA is under construction. Since Chile is…
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