Nobeyama radio observatory
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The Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) is a division of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and consists of three radio instruments located in Nobeyama, a village in the Japan Alps at an elevation of 1350m.
- The 45m Radio Telescope: A 45m single-dish radio telescope that operates in short-millimetre wavelengths.
- The Nobeyama Millimetre Array (NMA): An millimetre interferometer consisting of six 10m diameter telescopes.
- The Nobeyama Radioheliograph: An array of eighty-four antennas dedicated for solar observations.