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The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (国立天文台, kokuritsu tenmondai) (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii and Chile. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory of the University of Tokyo, International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa, and a part of Research Institute of Atmospherics of Nagoya University.

In the 2004 reform of national research organizations, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.

Facilities

Mitaka Campus (Mitaka, Tokyo. 35°40′31″N 139°32′17″E)

The Headquarters, Astronomy Data Center, Advanced Technology Center, Public Relations Center

Solar Flare Telescope, Sunspot Telescope, TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector

Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle

Historical instruments: Solar Tower Telescope, 65cm refractor dome, 20cm refractor dome

Nobeyama Radio Observatory[2] (Minamimaki, Nagano, 35°56′28″N 138°28′13″E)

45m Millimeter Radio Telescope, Nobeyama Radio Polarimeter

Decommissioned instruments: Nobeyama Millimeter Array, Nobeyama Radio Heliograph

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory (Ōshū, Iwate. 39°08′06″N 141°08′00″E)

VERA Mizusawa Station (20m radio telescope), 10m VLBI radio telescope

Historical building: Dr. Kimura Museum

VERA Ogasawara Station (Ogasawara. 27°05′30″N 142°13′00″E)

20m radio telescope

VERA Iriki Station (Iriki. 31°44′52″N 130°26′24″E)

20m radio telescope

VERA Ishigakijima Station (Ishigakijima. 24°24′43.83″N 124°10′15.58″E)

20m radio telescope

KAGRA (Hida, Gifu. 36°24′42.84″N 137°18′20.88″E)

KAGRA gravitational wave telescope

Ishigakijima Observatory(Ishigakijima)

Murikabushi telescope

Hawaii Observatory (Hawaii)

Subaru 8m telescope (Mauna Kea). 19°49′33″N 155°28′35″W)

Hilo Base Facility (Hilo, Hawaii. 19°42′10″N 155°05′25″W)

Chile Observatory (Atacama Desert, Chile)

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)

Decommissioned Facilities

Norikura Solar Observatory (Mount Norikura, Nagano, 36°07′01″N 137°33′09″E)

Formerly under NAOJ and decommissioned in 2010. Building reused for research purposes, including non-astronomical work for the National Institute of Natural Sciences.

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (Mount Chikurinji in Asakuchi, Okayama. 34°34′34″N 133°35′39″E)

Facility still belongs to NAOJ, but its 188cm telescope is now operated by the Tokyo Institute of Technology.[3]

Decommissioned telescopes: 91cm telescope, 65cm Coude-Type solar telescope

NINS

In 2004, NAOJ, in alliance with four other national institutes – the National Institute for Basic Biology, the National Institute for Fusion Science, the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and the Institute for Molecular Science – established the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) to promote collaboration among researchers of the five constituent institutes.[4]

Projects with NAOJ involvement

• ALMA, ASTE
• SELENE
• VSOP, VSOP-2
• Hinode (Solar-B)
• SPICA (satellite)
• JASMINE
• Hubble Origins Probe

See also

• List of astronomical observatories
• National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan
• Yūko Kakazu

References

External links

• Mitaka Campus
• Official website

На других языках

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[de] National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Das National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (japanisch 国立天文台 kokuritsu temmondai ‚staatliches Observatorium‘, kurz NAOJ) ist eine astronomische Forschungsinstitution in Japan, die mehrere Observatorien in Japan und eines in Hawaii betreibt.

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- [en] National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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[es] Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Japón

El Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Japón (NAOJ, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) es una institución de investigación astronómica que gestiona los telescopios de Japón y un telescopio en Hawái, el telescopio Subaru de 8,2 m.

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[ru] Национальная астрономическая обсерватория Японии

Национальная Астрономическая Обсерватория Японии (англ: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)) — японская астрономическая исследовательская организация, объединяющая несколько учреждений в Японии и обсерваторию на Гавайях. Была создана в 1988 году как слияние трёх исследовательских организаций — Токийской обсерватории, Токийского университета, Широтной обсерватории Мицузавы и части Исследовательского института атмосферных помех при Нагойском университете.

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