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News List
2011
Dec 27, 2011
miniTAO Full-Remote Operation Started |
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miniTAO has many difficulties on its operation because of its high altitude
environment (5640 m) and long distance from the base camp at San Pedro de
Atacama (about 80 km).
The round-trip drive between the base camp and the summit observatory takes
about 4 hours. There are many dangers like snow coverage, rock fall, and harsh
weather along the way.
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Nov 11, 2011
miniTAO/MAX38 Caught Asteroid 2005YU55 |
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On Nov. 8 2011, an asteroid with a diameter of about 400 m passed by the earth.
The name of the asteroid is 2005YU55, which was found in 2005 by Robert McMillan,
the University of Arizona, USA. It moves around in the elliptical orbit from the
inside of Venus's orbit to Mars' orbit with a period of 1.22 years.
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Oct 20, 2011
"Network Construction of Optical and Infrared Synergetic Telescopes for Education and Research (OISTER)" Growing Presence of miniTAO |
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This program, OISTER, focuses on time-domain astronomy which has been relatively unexplored and conducts follow-up observations for transient objects and continuous monitoring observations for variable objects. OISTER promotes education and researches in universities by conducting cutting-edge science
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Aug 5, 2011
The 4th miniTAO/ANIR Science Workshop |
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In this workshop, 7 observation reports and observation proposals have been presented.
In total, 10 proposals have been submitted, including proposals from those absent.
The total time required for all the proposals will be over 120 hours, including OISTER campaign observations and Chilean Telescope time.
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Jun 28, 2011
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory was Certified by Guinness World Record as the Highest Astronomical Observatory |
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Sensitivity of astronomical observations by a ground based telescope suffer from absorption and scatter by telluric atmosphere, as well as additional foreground emission from it.
Therefore, astronomers usually observe at a high-altitude site to achieve the best sensitivity
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May 31, 2011
Two NEW instruments under development at NEW laboratory
- Progress toward observations on the TAO 6.5m telescope - |
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SWIMS is an wide-field (~9 arcmin in diameter) imager and mutli-object spectrograph covering two wavelength ranges in the near-infrared (0.9-1.4 and 1.4-2.5 ƒÊm) simultaneously. As shown in Figure 2, the instrument consists of the cryostat containing optics and detector units, and multi-object spectroscopy unit.
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Apr 22, 2011
Construction of New Laboratory for instruments of TAO 6.5m telescope |
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Designs of SWIMS (Simultaneous-color Wide-field Infrared Multi-object Spectrograph) and MIMIZUKU (Mid-Infrared Multi-mode Imager for gaZing at the UnKnown Universe) which will be installed on TAO 6.5m telescope started from 2009, and a detailed design was completed in 2010, and the development is now on going. Each component was delivered.
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Mar 23, 2011
Successful in obtaining images of planetary nebula NGC6302 in the 30 micron band |
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Designs of SWIMS (Simultaneous-color Wide-field Infrared Multi-object Spectrograph) and MIMIZUKU (Mid-Infrared Multi-mode Imager for gaZing at the UnKnown Universe) which will be installed on TAO 6.5m telescope started from 2009, and a detailed design was completed in 2010, and the development is now on going. Each component was delivered.
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Mar 10, 2011
Successful in obtaining images of planetary nebula NGC6302 in the 30 micron band |
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The near-infrared camera, ANIR, mounted on the miniTAO telescope have observed various astronomical objects such as planetary nebulae and extragalactic sources, collaborated with researchers in Japan and overseas. In preparation for observation runs in 2011, we have held a science workshop on 10 March
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Feb 22, 2011
Wireless Network between TAO Site and Base Established |
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On Feb. 22 2011, antennae was installed at the summit of Co. Chajnantor, the site of miniTAO telescope, and the base camp in San Pedro de Atacama, at the distance of about 48 km from the summit, and the wireless network between the TAO site and the base camp was successfully established.
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