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The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (国立天文台, kokuritsu tenmondai?) (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations - the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory of the University of Tokyo, International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa, and a part of Research Institute of Atmospherics of Nagoya University.
In the 2004 reform of national research organizations, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
[edit] Facilities
Entrance of Mitaka Campus
65cm refractor dome, now Observatory History Museum
- Mitaka Campus (Mitaka, Tokyo. 35°40′31″N 139°32′17″E / 35.6752172°N 139.5380831°E / 35.6752172; 139.5380831)
- 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 & Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory (Minamimaki, Nagano, 35°56′28″N 138°28′13″E / 35.9410112°N 138.4702528°E / 35.9410112; 138.4702528)
- 45m Millimeter Radio Telescope, Nobeyama Millimeter Array, Nobeyama Radio Heliograph
- Mizusawa VERA Observatory (Ōshū, Iwate. 39°08′06″N 141°08′00″E / 39.1350952°N 141.1332035°E / 39.1350952; 141.1332035)
- 20m radio telescope, 10m VLBI radio telescope
- Historical building: Dr. Kimura Museum
- Norikura Solar Observatory (Mt. Norikura, Nagano, 36°07′01″N 137°33′09″E / 36.116925°N 137.552528°E / 36.116925; 137.552528)
- 10cm Coronagraph, 25cm Coronagraph
- Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (Mt. Chikurinji, Okayama. 34°34′34″N 133°35′39″E / 34.5760726°N 133.5941148°E / 34.5760726; 133.5941148)
- 188cm telescope, 91cm telescope, 65cm Coude-Type solar telescope
VERA Ishigakijima Station
- VERA 20m radio telescopes
- Mizusawa
- Ogasawara. 27°05′30″N 142°13′00″E / 27.09167°N 142.216667°E / 27.09167; 142.216667
- Iriki. 31°44′52″N 130°26′24″E / 31.7478213°N 130.4399443°E / 31.7478213; 130.4399443
- Ishigakijima. 24°24′43.834″N 124°10′15.578″E / 24.41217611°N 124.17099389°E / 24.41217611; 124.17099389
- Hawaii Observatory (Hawaii)
- Subaru 8m telescope (Mt. Mauna Kea. 19°49′33″N 155°28′35″W / 19.825814°N 155.476455°W / 19.825814; -155.476455)
- Hilo Base Facility (Hilo, Hawaii. 19°42′10″N 155°05′25″W / 19.70289°N 155.0902498°W / 19.70289; -155.0902498)
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