2006.01.04
NAOJ Director General's new year speech
Norio Kaifu, Director General of NAOJ gave an annual new year speech at Mitaka, which was shared with three other observatories using videoconference system): …
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2006.01.04
Norio Kaifu, Director General of NAOJ gave an annual new year speech at Mitaka, which was shared with three other observatories using videoconference system): …
2005.12.22
NTT Group Communication EXPO was held at Tokyo International Forum from December 20 to 22. As part of their exhibition, there were demonstrations of remote-con…
2005.12.21
NAOJ Cosmic Radio Committee meeting was held with extensive range of users as observers to discuss the role of Nobeyama Radio Observatory in the ALMA era, spec…
2005.12.20
ALMA-J all-hands meeting (combined with a year-end party) was held with project members (currently 72 including graduate students, and most of them belong to A…
2005.12.17
A public lecture was held at National Science Museum on December 17. More than 50 people attended the presentation titled “The birth of galaxies and plan…
2005.12.16
International science meeting “Inaugural Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop” was held at Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, …
2005.12.15
International Astronomical Union (IAU) held its 11th Latin American Regional Meeting in Pucon, a tourist site in southern Chile, from December 12 to 16. About …
2005.12.10
An international research meeting titled “Workshop on Submillimeter Astronomy and Receiver Technologies” was held at Purple Mountain Observatory in…
2005.12.09
An advanced constellation camera called “i-CAN” was installed in the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) and started its operation. The “i…
2005.11.25
The signing ceremony for the agreement on regional support through ALMA was held at the 25th anniversary commemorative event of city administration of San Pedr…
2005.11.16
As one of the activities for recording the ALMA construction, we are filming this year at the VLA site, where the famous movie “Contact” was shot, …
2005.11.15
Disassembly of the tested ALMA-J prototype antenna started at the ALMA Test Facility within the VLA site of NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) in New …
2005.11.13
7th ALMA-J public lecture titled “Dream for the Space” (hosted by NAOJ under the joint auspices of Kochi Education Center, and Kochi-ken BUNKYO KYO…
2005.11.12
The 3rd Astronomical Lecture in Tosa-town titled “Evening with stars and music” (hosted by Tosa-town’s education board under the joint auspic…
2005.11.11
Atacama Compact Array (ACA) is an array consisted of twelve 7-m antennas and four 12-m antennas, which was introduced in ALMA by the participation of Japan. A …
2005.11.09
A review of the 12-m antenna for the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) developed by Japan was held at Itami (near Osaka) on November 8 and 9. The review committee in…
2005.11.02
The ALMA Board meeting was held in Santiago on November 1 and 2 with the participation of Norio Kaifu (NAOJ Director General), Masato Ishiguro (ALMA-J project …
2005.10.31
At the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), a special ambulance was deployed in a healthcare room, and a concrete plant was completed for the construction o…
2005.10.30
The construction of the Technical Building has been started at the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) at an altitude of 5000 m above sea level. The picture shows…
2005.10.22
An astronomical lecture presentation tiled “New picture of the universe explored by ALMA, gigantic radio telescope in the Andes” (hosted by Nagano …
An international team led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan succesfully detected the e…
On December 11, a lecture organized by the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern was held as part…
The preliminary design review for the new Data Transmission System (DTS) for the ALMA Telescope has been completed succ…