2006.07.01
Public lecture for undergraduate/graduate students
A public lecture titled Messages from the UniverseEhosted by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan was held for undergraduate and graduate students. This …
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2006.06.30
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 2)
Testuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager gave a presentation about the birth of stars and planets explored by ALMA as the second lecture in the series of the as…
2006.06.23
Astronomical course of Mitaka Network University (Part 1)
Mitaka Network University (a joint project between Mitaka City and 14 educational and research institutes in and around the city) holds a series of the astrono…
2006.06.19
Antenna foundation work started at the OSF
At the OSF (Operations Support Facility) at 2900 m asl, foundation work has started for the construction of the Japanese and North American antennas. The pictu…
2006.06.17
The Scorpius, King of Winter?
In Chile the winter solstice day is about to come. Although we are in winter, we can see stars known as the constellations in summerEin Japan. The picture show…
2006.06.16
NAOJ Director General's visit to Japanese Embassy in Chile
Director General of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and other NAOJ members visited Embassy of Japan in Chile to give progress report on ALMA constru…
2006.06.15
ACA correlator engineers' visit to the AOS
Two engineers from the Japanese manufacture of the ACA correlator visited the lodging facility at the OSF (Operations Support Facility) and the ACA correlator …
2006.06.14
ALMA Board in Santiago
From June 13 through 14, ALMA Board was held in Santiago. Shoken Miyama, Director General of NAOJ, attended the meeting as a board member representing Japan, w…
2006.06.13
The life of Masao Uehara
The Chilean national TV network, TVN (Televisi�n Nacional de Chile), came to the ALMA site to make a documentary about Masao Uehara, second-generation Chilean …
2006.06.06
Wisdom + Benefit = Chile
On June 3, an article about Taiwans participation in ALMA was run in Taiwanese newspaper, Liberty Times. We received the article from Nagayoshi Ohashi of Acade…
2006.05.31
Green clouds
Around 9:00 a.m. on May 31, green clouds appeared in the east sky of Santiago. The picture shows the clouds over Cordillera de los Andes, viewed from Joint ALM…
2006.05.22
Otaka-san's visit to Mitaka
Otaka-san is a woman introduced in letters column of the Asahi Shimbun of May 12. She has worked as a lathe operator for 30 years, and her friend wrote a lette…
2006.05.21
8th ALMA-J Public Lecture
The 8th ALMA Public Lecture titled We were born from stardust EALMA, a gigantic radiotelescope to explore the mysteries of the universeEwas held at Fukuoka Sci…
2006.05.20
Wonder Planetarium at Kumamoto City Museum
Wonder Planetarium Looking at the Southern Sky EStars Presented by the Constellation Camera i-CAN and ALMA ProjectEwas held at Kumamoto City Museum. The progra…
2006.05.16
Planetary science session
In planetary science session on the third day of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, postdoctoral fellow, gave a presentation on ALMA incl…
2006.05.14
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006
From May 14 through 18, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006 is being held at the Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall. NAOJ ALMA Project also participa…
2006.04.28
Visit to the top of Mt. Chajnantor
Following the 2nd Atacama Conference, TAO staffs conducted a visit to the top of Mt. Chajnantor (5650 m asl), a candidate site for Tokyo Atacama Observatory (T…
2006.04.27
2nd Atacama Conference
In Chile, the 2nd Atacama Conference is being held on April 27 and 28 at the Operations Support Facility (OSF). Attendees of the meeting are the representative…
2006.04.25
8th ALMA-J Public Lecture in preparation
The 8th ALMA-J Public Lecture titled We were born from stardust EALMA, the gigantic radio telescope to explore the mysteries of the universeEwill be held on Ma…
2006.04.18
Eruption of Lascar
Lascar (5400 m asl), an active volcano located about 40 km south of the ALMA construction site, erupted around 11:00 am on April 18 local time (midnight on Apr…
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