Test observations using the next-generation adaptive optics system ULTIMATE-START, developed through collaboration between Tohoku University and the National ...
On the night of Monday, March 2, 2026, a total lunar eclipse unfolded over the Pacific region. Unlike a solar eclipse, which is visible only from a narrow path, a lunar ...
Low Res. (71 KB) / Mid. Res. (928 KB) / High Res. (4.2 MB) The Subaru Telescope gazes into the clear winter night sky. High above the enclosure shines the Pleiades star cluster—known as Subaru in ...
The "Subaru 2" project, which aims to significantly enhance the capabilities of the Subaru Telescope and open new frontiers in astronomical research, officially started in 2022. The "Subaru 3 Workshop ...
The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the outer edge of the Solar System that includes Sedna. The new object, ...
An international research team led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University has discovered an extraordinary quasar in the early Universe that hosts one of the fastest-growing ...
An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a massive, long-lost object that collided with the Perseus cluster. Using high ...
The Subaru Telescope has started a new outreach camera project in collaboration with the Asahi-Shimbun, one of the most popular newspapers in Japan. This camera is used for live streaming of the night ...
Subaru AO188 is an 188-element curvature sensor adaptive optics system that is operated in both natural guide star (NGS) and laser guide star (LGS) modes. AO188 module is mounted on the Nasmyth ...
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and The Asahi Shimbun Company installed an ultra-high sensitivity camera on the Summit Facility of the Subaru Telescope to livestream the night ...