The Subaru Telescope
|Organization||National Astronomical Observatory of Japan|
|Location||Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, USA|
|Diameter||8.3 m (8.2m usable)|
|Secondary dia.||1330/1400/1265 mm|
|Collecting area||~53 m²|
|Focal length||f/1.83 (15.000 m)|
Subaru Telescope (すばる望遠鏡 Subaru Bōenkyō ) is the large telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan at the Mauna Kea Observatory on the island of Hawaii. From 1999 to 2005, its main mirror was the largest in the world.
The telescope is named after the Pleiades star cluster.
History[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- Kidsweb, "The Subaru Telescope"; retrieved 2012-8-12.
- French, Howard W. "On Hawaii, A Telescope Widens Orbit Of Japanese," New York Times (US). September 19, 1999; retrieved 2012-8-12.
- Ferris, Timothy. "Cosmic Vision," National Geographic (US). July 2009; retrieved 2012-8-12.