国立天文台や東京大学の研究者を含む国際共同研究チームは、くじら座の方向の約 108 億年前の宇宙で 11 個の超巨大ブラックホールが一斉に輝く構造を発見しました。これほど密集した超巨大ブラックホールの集団が見つかったのは、初めてのことです。

An international team of astronomers has discovered a tightly packed cluster of supermassive black holes dating back 10.8 billion years―the most extreme concentration of ...

SIMPLE = T / Standard FITS format BITPIX = 16 / Number of bits for each pixel NAXIS = 2 / Number of axes in frame NAXIS1 = 2148 / Number of pixels per row NAXIS2 = 4100 / Number of rows EXTEND = T / ...

Service Program is for observing proposals which require less than or equal to 4 hours including all the "open-dome" calibrations and overheads. All Service Program observations will be executed by ...

Applicants are requested to access the ProMS2.0 page to fill the webform for the application form and upload necessary files (e.g., PDF files of Scientific Justification). Please refer to ...

Guiding accuracy 0.08-0.13'' (12th mag guide star) 0.10-0.18'' (14th mag guide star) 0.10-0.19'' (18th mag guide star) Non-sidereal tracking ...

Sharing the plan is very important for better understanding of your plan among the observing staff. Fill it and send back to the Support Staff before your observing run starts. Description of the OPE ...

Performance of AO is characterized by a Strehl ratio (a peak intensity normalized by that of PSF without any turbulence) and FWHM of the PSF. These depend on a the AO guide star magnitude, seeing, sky ...

Subaru AO188 is an 188 element curvature sensor adaptive optics system that are operated in both natural guide star (NGS) and laser guide star (LGS) modes. AO188 module is mounted on the Nasmyth ...

CLOSING DATE: April 30, 2025, or until filled. Applications received after this deadline may be considered only if the position is not filled or up to the date a selection has been approved by the ...

The Subaru Telescope was designed for long-term versatility as a major tool in observational astronomy, which focuses on the use of instruments mounted on the telescope to observe celestial objects.

An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a massive, long-lost object that collided with the Perseus cluster. Using high ...