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Social-use Products
00D1832
Ministory of Education, Science Sports and Culture National Astronomical
Odservatory of Japan Subaru Telescope Optical-Infrared Telescope[Subaru]
Manufacturer:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Design:National Astronomical Odservatory of Japan, Mitsubishi Electric
Industrial Design Center
Grand optical infrared telescope constructed
by the Ministry of Education National Astronomical Observatory atop
Hawaii's Mt. Mauna Kea.
Incorporating such advanced technology as an automatic control system
that employs gravitational force and wind pressure to detect lens
distortion and ensure consistently appropriate observations and a
tracking system that maintains accurate telescope direction, this
telescope is located within an elliptic cylinder dome-shaped observatory
that prevents wind interference.
The designers were commended for creating an observatory that lives
up to its public nature as a base for the transmission of educational
and scientific information shared by the world, symbolizing Japan's
comprehensive technology and arousing a great deal of interest in
astronomy.
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