{"id":5936,"date":"2024-10-02T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:32:54","slug":"cycle-10-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/cycle-10-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking records: how we surpassed 4,000 hours of observations"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”30px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”90.8px” custom_margin=”|auto|6px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]To know our cosmic origins, we must observe as many hours as possible of the research selected for each cycle. That’s why we are so pleased to have surpassed 4,000 hours during this Cycle 10. The highest number ever observed since we began operations<\/strong>. Our previous record – in Cycle 5 – was 3,787 hours, and so we are approaching the ultimate goal of 4,300 hours per cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a truly outstanding achievement and a testament to the efforts of each of you who have contributed to this milestone,\u201d said Norikazu Mizuno, our ALMA Deputy Director of Operations<\/strong>, on behalf of the entire JAO Operations Team (JOT). [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”90.8px” custom_margin=”|auto|6px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/JCortes_3-2-1-e1727874653287.png” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”JCortes_3 (2) (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]But how hard was it to achieve this record? Juan Cort\u00e9s, manager of the Program Management Group (PMG)<\/strong>, tells us: \u201cThe challenges are enormous, going through technical difficulties inherent to an instrument that is observing 330 days a year 24 hours a day, as well as difficulties related to the weather, such as snowstorms and high winds, which stop the observations,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Reducing downtime is key, and in that line Juan is grateful to the operator, engineering and computing teams for having \u201cminimized downtime due to technical downtime, freeing up about 600 hours of observing time for science. The latter has been crucial to the success of this cycle,\u201d he notes.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-27-at-13.04.02-1-1.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-09-27 at 13.04.02 (1) (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-15-at-21.34.12-1.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-09-15 at 21.34.12 (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Within its data acquisition process, the PMG team works on many crucial activities that explain this new record of observations. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” custom_padding=”||16px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]One of them is the weather forecasts that Priscilla Nowajewski, our Data Analyst (PMG)<\/strong>, provides through her reports: \u201cNo longer viewing weather conditions as a mystery has helped a lot in achieving this goal”. Priscilla explains that planning ahead makes a difference in how we adapt operations to Chajnantor’s extreme weather and get the best quality data possible. \u201cIt’s super interesting to see how this challenge has brought us all together,\u201d she maintains.<\/p>\n

(In the picture, Priscilla with Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez from Software and Daniela Soto from AOG)[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-13-at-04.36.12-1-e1727875387776.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-09-13 at 04.36.12 (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/9565b737-5cf9-42f7-b808-168a46c9972d-1-e1727875935520.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”9565b737-5cf9-42f7-b808-168a46c9972d (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/baeebd15-dd94-4120-8321-91c5c2fae454-1-e1727875831435.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”baeebd15-dd94-4120-8321-91c5c2fae454 (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foto_David_Rebolledo-1-1-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”foto_David_Rebolledo (1) (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\u201cEvery cycle is a new challenge. There are predictable conditions, such as maintenance activities by engineering, and unpredictable ones, such as climatic factors or the cyber-attack that caused us to lose more than a month of observing time, something unprecedented if we discount the pandemic years,\u201d says David Rebolledo, Operations Astronomer of the Array and Operations Performance Group (AOPG).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AOPG group was created to evaluate, plan and execute activities that seek to make operations within ALMA more efficient and more automated, designing operations and procedures for the long term. From that role, David tells of the constant coordination that the science, engineering and software departments have to give as much observing time as possible to science. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\u201cAfter the last few years when we had pandemic and then the cyber attack, we were all hungry to show that ALMA is a very efficient observatory and that it achieves its commitment to the scientific community,\u201d says astronomer Hugo Messias (AOPG)<\/strong>. \u201cThe climate is always challenging, but with good coordination, we succeeded, congratulations to all of us\u201d, concludes Hugo.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alma.loadingediciones.cl\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot_20240409-084832_Drive-1-e1727875492307.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Screenshot_20240409-084832_Drive (1)” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”28px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#E09900″ text_font_size=”20px” text_orientation=”center” text_text_shadow_style=”preset1″ text_text_shadow_color=”#E09900″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]IF YOU ENJOYED THIS NEWSLETTER, GIVE IT A \u201cLIKE\u201d AND COMMENT!<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n

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To know our cosmic origins, we must observe as many hours as possible of the research selected for each cycle. That’s why we are so pleased to have surpassed 4,000 hours during this Cycle 10. The highest number ever observed since we began operations. Our previous record – in Cycle 5 – was 3,787 hours, […]<\/p>\n

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