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2010.09.07
A group of researchers of the ALMA-J Project Office discovered the fact that a group of young stars (star cluster) is formed by a collision of gas molecules. T…
2010.08.21
NRO (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) held its 2010 Open Campus on August 21. The weather was beautiful, and as many as 3,278 visitors came to enjoy the event. In t…
2010.08.11
At AOS, the antennas were moved by the transporters that were specially customized for ALMA.The picture shows the Japanese antennas on the two transporters.(Pi…
2010.08.10
An additional 12-m antenna was moved from OSF (2,900 asl.) to AOS (5,000 asl.) on August 7, bringing the total number of the antennas at AOS to seven.(Picture …
2010.08.06
An additional 12-m antenna was moved from OSF (2,900 asl.) to AOS (5,000 asl.) on July 26, bringing the total number of the antennas at AOS to six.(Picture pro…
2010.07.30
Two different types of the receivers Japan developed for ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) successfully received the first spectrum from the …
2010.07.23
The Summer Astronomy School for Children was held at the Mitaka Campus of NAOJ on July 22 and 23. Kengo Tachihara, a researcher of the ALMA-J Project Office ga…
2010.07.16
The workshop to commemorate the retirement of Professor Yoshihiro Chikada was held at the Mitaka Campus of NAOJ. Professor Chikada, known as an inventor of the…
2010.07.01
Before the moon appeared in the sky, I took a walk to a nearby valley for a little exercise after dinner. The Milky Way looked like a starry bridge over the va…
2010.06.16
Since Chile (the construction site of ALMA) participates in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the ALMA staff members in Santiago are glued to the TV screen when a match…
2010.06.02
We started the Commissioning Science Verification with a total of five 12-meter diameter antennas including one newly arrived at AOS on May 31. It is really ov…
2010.05.29
From May 28 through 30, the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity (JSTP) forum was held at the University of Electro-Communications. At the forum, Satoru …
2010.05.29
At the Array Operations Site (AOS), there are currently four 12-meter antennas, which are under the performance evaluation. Since each of the antennas is usual…
2010.05.26
From May 23 through 28, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010 was held in the international exhibition hall at Makuhari Messe, and NAOJ set up a booth featu…
2010.05.25
To receive weak radio waves from the universe, the antenna surface needs to be extremely smooth, and the surface roughness is required about the same as the th…
2010.05.24
On May 24, the completion ceremony of the ALMA Building was held in NAOJ Mitaka Campus. At the Building, the East Asian ALMA Regional Center (ARC) is set up to…
2010.05.22
On May 22, a lecture titled “Lecture on the Stars” was held at Katsushika City Museum in Tokyo. Dr. Ken’ichi Tatematsu, Japanese ALMA Projec…
2010.05.18
The first Japanese 7-m antenna was assembled at OSF (altitude of 2900 m), and then is being evaluated now. The first Japanese 7-m antenna assembled looks very …
2010.05.01
Array Operations Site in Chile had an unexpected snowfall from the end of April to the beginning of May, in contrast to the recent summer-like heat in Japan. …
2010.04.21
From April 20 through 22, the ALMA Science Operations IPT (Integrated Product Team) meeting was held at Mitaka Campus of NAOJ to discuss the science operations…
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecti…
This article is a revised version. Please check the original press release by the European South Observatory here. This…
In the November 2024 issue of Forbes JAPAN, Professor Misato Fukagawa, who serves as the East Asia Operations Manager o…
