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2023

Dec 15, 2023
Installation and operation of wireless antennas and weather monitoring devices
TopFig03 For TAO, internet line is an important communication infrastructure used for a variety of purposes, including observation and weather monitoring. But there was no internet line on the summit, and it was difficult to communicate with outside. In December 2023, we installed an antenna for ... more>>
Oct 13, 2023
Steel frame of the enclosure was completed and its rotation test succeeded
TopFig03 Optical infrared telescopes such as TAO are installed in buildings with large openings in order to avoid the effects of rain and wind. Many buildings used to be spherical, called etelescope domesf, but now many buildings are cylindrical or similar in shape, called etelescope enclosuref generally... more>>
Apr 28, 2023
SWIMS open use observations at the Subaru Telescope completed
TopFig03 The Simultaneous-color Wide-field Infrared Multi-object Spectrograph (SWIMS), the first-generation instrument for the TAO 6.5-m telescope, has completed its open use operation at the Subaru Telescope (NAOJ, in Hawaii), which had lasted 2 years since 2021. We began designing and manufacturing SWIMS in 2009, conducted ... more>>
Feb 28, 2023
Engineering observation of SWIMS-IFU (Integral field unit for SWIMS, Simultaneous-color Wide-field Infrared Multi-object Spectrograph) on the Subaru Telescope succeeded
TopFig03 Spectroscopic observation is necessary to probe the detailed physical state of stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects. In spectroscopic observation, dispersing the light from astronomical objects into different wavelengths and measuring the intensity of light at each wavelength allows for detecting various characteristics of the light coming from astronomical objects to determine their temperature, density, elemental abundance, and ... more>>