NAOJ is involved in the construction of ALMA.[1] 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 65cm refractor dome, now Observatory History Museum VERA Ishigakijima Station Subaru Telescope Mitaka Campus (Mitaka, Tokyo . 35°40′31″N 139°32′17″E / 35.6752172°N 139.5380831°E / 35.6752172; 139.5380831 ) 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 / 35.9410112°N 138.4702528°E / 35.9410112; 138.4702528 ) 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 / 39.1350952°N 141.1332035°E / 39.1350952; 141.1332035 ) 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 / 27.09167°N 142.21667°E / 27.09167; 142.21667 ) 20m radio telescope VERA Iriki Station (Iriki . 31°44′52″N 130°26′24″E / 31.7478213°N 130.4399443°E / 31.7478213; 130.4399443 ) 20m radio telescope VERA Ishigakijima Station (Ishigakijima . 24°24′43.83″N 124°10′15.58″E / 24.4121750°N 124.1709944°E / 24.4121750; 124.1709944 ) 20m radio telescope KAGRA (Hida, Gifu. 36°24′42.84″N 137°18′20.88″E / 36.4119000°N 137.3058000°E / 36.4119000; 137.3058000 )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 / 19.825814°N 155.476455°W / 19.825814; -155.476455 )Hilo Base Facility (Hilo, Hawaii . 19°42′10″N 155°05′25″W / 19.70289°N 155.0902498°W / 19.70289; -155.0902498 ) 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 / 36.116925°N 137.552528°E / 36.116925; 137.552528 )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 / 34.5760726°N 133.5941148°E / 34.5760726; 133.5941148 )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
See also
References ^ "European Antennas at ALMA's Operations Support Facility". ESO Picture of the Week . Retrieved 21 July 2013 . ^ "Information of Telescopes, Nobeyama Radio Observatory". NAOJ. Retrieved 2021-01-07 . ^ "Birth of Okayama Astro-Complex". NAOJ. Retrieved 2021-01-07 . ^ NINS outline
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