National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
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In the 2004 reform of national research organizations, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
Facilities
- Mitaka Campus (Mitaka, Tokyo. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 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. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 45m Millimeter Radio Telescope, Nobeyama Radio Polarimeter
- Decommissioned instruments: Nobeyama Millimeter Array, Nobeyama Radio Heliograph
- Mizusawa VLBI Observatory (Ōshū, Iwate. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- VERA Mizusawa Station (20m radio telescope), 10m VLBI radio telescope
- Historical building: Dr. Kimura Museum
- VERA Ogasawara Station (Ogasawara. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 20m radio telescope
- VERA Iriki Station (Iriki. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 20m radio telescope
- VERA Ishigakijima Station (Ishigakijima. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 20m radio telescope
- Ishigakijima Observatory (Ishigakijima)
- Murikabushi telescope
- Hawaii Observatory (Hawaii)
- Subaru 8m telescope (Mauna Kea). Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Hilo Base Facility (Hilo, Hawaii. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- Chile Observatory (Atacama Desert, Chile)
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
- Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)
- Decommissioned Facilities
- Norikura Solar Observatory (Mount Norikura, Nagano, Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 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. Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)
- 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
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