2006.08.01

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From August 1 through 4, Summer Astronomy School for Children is held at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). On the first day of the event, over…

2006.07.28

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On July 27 and 28, 4th ALMA Science Working Group Meeting (as well as 2nd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Meeting) was held at NAOJ in Mitaka, and, about 70 research…

2006.07.27

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An archeological museum was established by the roadside between the Operations Support Facility (OSF) and Array Operation Site (AOS), and its opening ceremony …

2006.07.23

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Takamatsu Civic Culture Center held a commemorative event to mark the 20th anniversary of the meteorite fall in Kokubunji, and Seiichi Sakamoto, associate prof…

2006.07.21

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At the OSF (Operations Support Facility) at 2900 m asl, concrete placing for the antenna foundation at the Japanese antenna assembly site has been completed. T…

2006.07.07

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About 50 people attended the third lecture in the series of the astronomical lectures held by Mitaka Network University, and Professor Ryohei Kawabe, ALMA-J Pr…

2006.07.01

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A public lecture titled Messages from the UniverseEhosted by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan was held for undergraduate and graduate students. This …

2006.06.30

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…