The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii and Chile. It was established in 198
NAOJ is involved in the construction of ALMA.
65cm refractor dome, now Observatory History Museum
VERA Ishigakijima Station
Subaru Telescope
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
…Science – established the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) to promote collaboration among researchers of the five constituent institutes. ALMA, ASTE SELENE…
ALMA Antennas on Chajnantor
ALMA logo
The first two ALMA antennas linked together as an interferometer
Three ALMA antennas linked together as an interferometer for the first time