News List

2021

Dec 01, 2021 Handle large instruments at will: development of instrument-handling cart
	For observations, we have to attach observation instruments to the TAO telescope. The TAO telescope has four places where instruments can be mounted (called foci): two bent-Cassegrain foci and two Nasmyth foci (Fig. 1). Relatively small instruments will be mounted on the bent-Cassegrain foci, and the mainstay instruments ... more>>

Mar 31, 2021 Access Road to the summit of Co. Chajnantor has been expanded
	Before construction of the mini-TAO telescope, there was no road to access the summit of Co. Chajnantor. So we had to walk to the summit for our site survey (all the work is now made with breathing oxygen from a portable oxygen cylinder, but... more>>

Mar 26, 2021 Temporary assembly test of the TAO operation building has been completed
	At the summit of Co. Chajnantor (altitude 5640m), an enclosure which protects the TAO telescope from harsh natural environments, and an operation building which has equipment to perform observation and maintenance, will be constructed more>>