Marathon in the NTHU

Tomo, Kevin and Tetsuya joined the marathon running around the NTHU campus.

The weather was rainy but cool temperature was good to run. We got a towel!

Taipei Zoo

Tetsuya went to Taipei Zoo.

We can see a lot of animals including bears, elephants, pandas, peafowls, gorillas, koalas, and Taiwanese endemic species there.

This is the inside of the huge birdcage. Birds do not mind getting close to humans.

My brave baby was not afraid of kicking the bear! The ticket of Taipei Zoo is not expensive. They have very wide area and many kinds of animals!

East Asian ALMA workshop

We attended the East-Asian ALMA workshop on 3/10, 3/11, and 3/12.

There were many interesting talks and we asked many questions.

Tomo gave a talk at 大阪大學和日本天文年會在九州大學。

X38a	Cosmic star formation history revealed by AKARI and Hyper Suprime Cam Tomotsugu Goto（National Tsing Hua University）

Let's welcome our new member, Judy

Let's enjoy research and have fun together! 

Andrew Cooper visited from Durham. He showed us a cutting-edge simulation of galaxy formation. It was impressive to see how distributions of in-situ and accreating stars are different in each halo mass. Thanks Andrew!  Please come back again!

Kevin's Travel in Winter Vacation

 Kevin went to Hokkaido for a tour during the winter vacation. He has experienced the "real" winter which the temperature is about -5~0 degree Celsius. (Comparing with Taiwan's 15~20) 

"A walk" with skiing equipment. 

Looking at the lovely penguins so close!

Bye, New Chitose Airport.

Bye, Hokkaido.