2m Telescope; NAYUTA

NAYUTA Telescope is the largest telescope in NHAO. Its 2-meter primary mirror is the largest kind of it in Japan (without SUBARU telescope, which is located at Mauna Kea in Hawaii). And the largest telescope in the world through which visitors can gaze heavenly bodies.

We started operation of NAYUTA telescope in November 2004. Now we mainly use it on the star-gazing session every evening.


Specification of NAYUTA Telescope

Primary Mirror
effective diameter: 2000mm
prime focus/F1.5
Optical System
Ritchey-Chretien telescope
Foci
Cassegrain (F12) / Nasmyth-1 (F12) / Nasmyth-2 (F5)
Mount
Altazimuth
Instruments
Eyepiece
High definition color video camera
Optical multi-color imager
Optical long-slit spectrograph
Near-infrared imager
Near-infrared spectrograph

Counstructed by Mitsubishi Electric


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