2007.07.29
16th ALMA Public Lecture
The 16th ALMA Public Lecture titled “Mysteries of the Galaxies and Planets Explored by ALMA” was held in the Science Hall of the Sapporo Science Ce…
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2007.07.23
Three Japanese 12-m antennas arrived at the ALMA site in Chile
Three Japanese 12-meter antennas were shipped from Tamashima Port in Okayama, Japan to Mejillones Port in northern Chile, after completing the manufacturing pr…
2007.07.11
CASA Users Test
From July 9 through 11, an internal user test of CASA (Common Astronomical Software Applications) was conducted in the headquarters of European Southern Observ…
2007.06.21
UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007
At the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, “UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007&r…
2007.06.14
Nutator Preliminary Design Review
The Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the nutator was held on June 13 and 14 at Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) in Taiwan. Th…
2007.05.28
Lucky-chan
Everyday a variety of people (such as NAOJ staff and visitors) go through the front gate of NAOJ. Lucky-chan is a watchdog who lives in a doghouse next to the …
2007.05.20
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007 (second day)
On the second day of the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007, Watanabe Junichi, Associate Professor at NAOJ, gave a lecture titled “Definition of Planets…
2007.05.19
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007
From May 19 through 24, the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007 is being held at Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex. Along with other participatin…
2007.05.08
ALMA Science Advisory Committee
From May 7 through 8, the ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) was held at the University of Tokyo, and attended by 10 Japanese representatives includin…
2007.04.26
Astro-Karuta
“Astro-Karuta (Karuta is a Japanese card game)” is one of the educational materials prepared by a project team “Astronomy and Planetariu…
2007.04.21
Astronomy Pub
On April 21, Mitaka Network University held a popular event called “Astronomy Pub” in the aim of promoting communication between citizens and resea…
2007.04.13
3rd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop
The 3rd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop was held at National Central University in Taiwan with participation of 93 people, mainly researchers from East Asia…
2007.04.12
ALMA Science Working Group
Before the 3rd Japan-China ALMA Science Workshop scheduled for April 13 and 14, ISM (Interstellar matter) sub-working group and Extragalactic sub-working …
2007.03.30
Biannual Meeting of ASJ (Spring 2007)
On the final day of the Astronomical Society of Japan meeting, a report related to ALMA was given in the session on the ground-based instruments. The pict…
2007.03.29
ALMA Special Session
The Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) held its 2007 Spring Meeting at Tokai University, Hiratsuka Campus from March 28 through 30. In the afternoon of the fi…
2007.03.28
Laboratory Tour at NAOJ
Laboratory tour to show the progress of the development in Japan was conducted inviting three ALMA management executives who were visiting Japan for the ALMA B…
2007.03.26
ALMA Board
On March 26 and 27, the ALMA Board Meeting was held at the National Institute of Informatics in Hitotsubashi, Tokyo. From Japan, Shoken Miyama (Director Genera…
2007.03.24
Science Cafe "Let's talk with an Astronomer!"
The Tsukuba Expo Center in Ibaraki Prefecture held an event titled “Science Cafe” to promote the lively exchange between astronomers and the public…
2007.03.22
Weeping cherry tree is about to bloom
The warm spring has come to our NAOJ Mitaka Campus and the weeping cherry trees in the campus will soon be in full bloom. The picture shows a weeping cherry tr…
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