NGC 958 is a spiral galaxy located in the direction of Cetus. We observe the stellar disk at an angle, featuring two prominent grand-design spiral arms and dust lanes (dark lanes) across the disk.

System Overview of Subaru AO188 AO188 module 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.

Service Program is for observing proposals which require less than or equal to 4 hours including all the "open-dome" calibrations and overheads. All Service Program observations will be executed by ...

Before dawn on March 3, 2022 (Hawai`i Standard Time), Subaru Telescope achieved the first launch of a new laser guide star system, upgraded and used for the Subaru Telescope’s adaptive optics system.

The Hubble Classification, also known as the Hubble Sequence, is a widely recognized method for systematically categorizing galaxy morphology. Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and ...

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, ...

Detail ： GJ 504 b is an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star GJ 504. It is estimated to be three to six times more massive than Jupiter, making it the least massive planet ever directly imaged. This ...

The following tables list filters available for open use observation of the HSC, together with their sensitivities. The transmission curves measured at the center of filters are available as plots and ...

The Subaru Telescope's wide and deep imaging observations are contributing information to the New Horizons spacecraft as it moves through the outer Solar System. By applying a unique analysis method ...

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 ...

Dr. Hiroshige Yoshida, an instrument software engineer at Subaru Telescope, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

An international team of astronomers has discovered a tightly packed cluster of supermassive black holes dating back 10.8 billion years―the most extreme concentration of ...