Subaru Telescope

Norio Kaifu

doi:10.1117/12.319263

25 August 1998 Subaru Telescope

Norio Kaifu

Proceedings Volume 3352, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319263
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

Subaru Telescope is an 8.2-m optical-IR telescope being constructed by NAOJ at the 4,130-m altitude site on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The 7th financial year of the 9-year project will end in this March. The construction in the assembling/testing phase, and mechanical data obtained so far suggest that the performance of the telescope structure will achieve our design target. The Subaru Telescope Hilo base facility was formally established in April 1998. We expect to obtain the first light by the end of the year. Here we report the general status and perspective of the Subaru project. Some details of individual parts of the construction will be described by other authors in this symposium.

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Norio Kaifu "Subaru Telescope", Proc. SPIE 3352, Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI, (25 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319263

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