we succeeded in starting test of vacuum vapor deposition equipment for TAO (Φ6.5m) The 6.5m primary mirror vacuum vapor deposition equipment at the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory(TAO) was successfully completed. We conducted assembly work and start-up tests in Japan from January to April 2020, and confirmed that it is possible to form a coat of aluminum that can be used as a telescope. >>Click here for details |
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The CTA telescope equipped with a large reflector manufactured by Sanko has been completed. In October 2018, the first unit of the state-of-the-art telescope "Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)", which was under construction in the Spanish Canary Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, was completed. >>Click here for details |
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Trial development of vacuum deposition equipment and peripheral equipment for 6.5m primary mirror at the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) The TAO project is a plan to construct the world's highest level infrared telescope with a diameter of 6.5 m on the summit of Chanantor in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. >>Click here for details |
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Recoating of the primary mirror of the telescope
In February 2016, we re-evaporated the primary mirror, secondary mirror, and third mirror of the "Nayuta Telescope" owned by Nishiharima Observatory of Hyogo Prefectural University. >>Click here for details |