European Antennas at ALMA's Operations Support Facility

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, as well as an observatory in Hawaii and Chile. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory of the University of Tokyo,

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. In the 2004 reform of national research organizations, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.

Facilities

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Entrance

$NAOJ-mitaka-65cm-refractor-dome$ Shisa on the gate of the telescope Station in Ishigaki Japan

;Mitaka Campus ( Mitaka, Tokyo. ) :The Headquarters, Astronomy Data Center, Advanced Technology Center, Public Relations Center :Solar Flare Telescope, Sunspot Telescope, TAMA 300 gravitational wave detector :

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:Historical instruments: Solar Tower Telescope, 65cm refractor dome, 20cm refractor dome ;Nobeyama Radio Observatory ( Minamimaki, Nagano, ) :45m Millimeter Radio Telescope, Nobeyama Radio Polarimeter :Decommissioned instruments: Nobeyama Millimeter Array, Nobeyama Radio Heliograph ;Mizusawa VLBI Observatory ( Ōshū, Iwate. ) :VERA Mizusawa Station (20m radio telescope), 10m VLBI radio telescope :Historical building: Dr. Kimura Museum ;VERA Ogasawara Station ( Ogasawara. ) :20m radio telescope ;VERA Iriki Station ( Iriki. ) :20m radio telescope ;VERA Ishigakijima Station ( Ishigakijima. ) :20m radio telescope ; KAGRA ( Hida,

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. ) :KAGRA gravitational wave telescope ;Ishigakijima Observatory ( Ishigakijima) :Murikabushi telescope ;Hawaii Observatory ( Hawaii) :

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. ) ;Chile Observatory ( Atacama Desert, Chile) : Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array :

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(ASTE) ;Decommissioned Facilities :Norikura Solar Observatory (Mount Norikura, Nagano, ) :: 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

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. ) :: Facility still belongs to NAOJ, but its 188cm telescope is now operated by the Tokyo Institute of Technology. :: 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

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, and the Institute for Molecular Science – established the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) to promote collaboration among researchers of the five constituent institutes.NINS outline
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Projects with NAOJ involvement

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* SELENE * VSOP, VSOP-2 * Hinode (Solar-B) * SPICA (satellite) *

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* Hubble Origins Probe

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External links

Mitaka Campus
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Facilities

NINS

Projects with NAOJ involvement

See also

References

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