1st-7th March, 2009
Construction of the dome building of the 1.0-m telescope started at the summit of Chajnantor.
Issued on 12 March, 2009
Construction works of the dome building are being proceeded from 2nd
March 2009 at the summit of Chajnantor which is a site for the University of
Tokyo Atacama 1.0-m telescope.
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▲ Picture of the summit of Chajnantor. Dome roof parts and frameworks of
the dome building are seen at the most left and the most right in the picture,
respectively. The construction works have been started in snow which had been
lightly fallen two days ago, 2nd March.
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▲ Construction works for the dome roofs. A worker seen at the foreground of the
picture has an oxygen tank in a backpack printed with "TAO". All of us are
working with inhaling oxygen to prevent high-altitude disease, 2nd March.
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▲ Lifting up a ring-shaped structure to attach onto the base frameworks of the
dome building, 3rd March.
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▲ Dome roof under construction. Mountains of Atacama are seen backward, 4th
March.
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▲ In Calama, the 1.0-m telescope is being taken out since its trial-fitting
tests have been completed two weeks ago. The divided parts of the telescope
will be carried to the summit of Chajnantor, 7th March.
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