National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Observatory of University of Tokyo, Mizusawa Latitude Observatory, and a part of Research Institute of Atmospherics of Nagoya University.
When the national research organisations were again reformed in 2004, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
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[edit] Facilities
- Mitaka Campus (Mitaka, Tokyo)
- The Headquarters, Astronomy Data Center, Advanced Technology Center, Public Relations Center
- Solar Flare Telescope, Sunspot Telescope, TAMA300 gravitational wave detector
- Historical instruments: Solar Tower Telescope, 65cm refractor dome, 20cm refractor dome
- Nobeyama Radio Observatory & Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory (Minamimaki, Nagano)
- 45m Mllimeter Radio Telescope, Nobeyama Millimeter Array, Nobeyama Radio Heliograph
- Mizusawa VERA Observatory (Ōshū, Iwate)
- 20m radio telescope, 10m VLBI radio telescope
- Historical building: Dr. Kimura Museum
- Norikura Solar Observatory (Mt. Norikura, Nagano)
- 10cm Coronagraph, 25cm Coronagraph
- Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (Mt. Chikurinji, Okayama)
- 188cm telescope, 91cm telescope, 65cm Coude-Type solar telescope
- VERA 20m radio telescopes (Mizusawa, Ogasawara, Iriki, and Ishigakijima)
- Hawaii Observatory (Hawaii)
- Subaru 8m telescope (Mt. Mauna Kea)
- Hilo Base Facility (Hilo, Hawaii)
[edit] Projects with NAOJ involvement
- ALMA, ASTE
- SELENE
- VSOP, VSOP-2
- Hinode (Solar-B)
- SPICA
- JASMINE
- Hubble Origins Probe
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