Ms. Carolyn S. Nakasone-Medeiros, a human resources assistant at Subaru Telescope, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024.

Dr. Hiroshige Yoshida, an instrument software engineer at Subaru Telescope, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Figure ...

On Saturday, August 17, 2024, the Maunakea Astronomy Outreach Committee hosted the Tanabata Block Party on North A`ohoku ...

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Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) is a gigantic digital camera for the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope which was developed by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in collaboration with international academic and ...

InfraRed Doppler (IRD), which experienced the first light in 2018, is an infrared instrument used in the search for exoplanets (extrasolar planets). IRD is specialized for finding exoplanets with the ...

説明 ： 低解像度（ 96 KB） / 中解像度（813 KB） / 高解像度（7.6 MB） 銀河の形態を系統的に分類する方法として、ハッブル分類が有名です。銀河を大きく楕円銀河、レンズ状銀河、（棒）渦巻銀河に分類し、どれにも当てはまらない不規則な形状の銀河を不 ...

The observatory of the Subaru Telescope was officially established in April 1997, following the completion of its base facility building in Hilo, Hawaii. "Subaru Telescope" can refer to the telescope ...

うみへび座銀河団に属するふたつのくらげ銀河で、中央やや上にあるのが NGC 3312 で、やや下にあるのが NGC 3314 です。いずれの銀河も、くらげの触手のような淡いフィラメント状の構造が右下に向かって出ています。これは、これらの銀河が銀河団ガスの中 ...

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The Hubble Classification, also known as the Hubble Sequence, is a widely recognized method for systematically categorizing galaxy morphology. Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and ...

Due to turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere, optical-infrared ground-based telescope always have lower resolution compared to space-based telescopes of the same size. The adaptive optics system ...