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Current Performance and On-Going Improvements of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope

2004; Oxford University Press; Volume: 56; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/pasj/56.2.381

2053-051X

Masanori Iye, Hiroshi Karoji, Hiroyasu Ando, Norio Kaifu, Keiichi Kodaira, Kentaro Aoki, Wako Aoki, Yoshihiro Chikada, Yoshiyuki Doi, Noboru Ebizuka, Brian Elms, G. Fujihara, Hisanori Furusawa, Tetsuharu Fuse, Wolfgang Gäessler, S. Harasawa, Yutaka Hayano, Masahiko Hayashi, Saeko S. Hayashi, Shinichi Ichikawa, Masatoshi Imanishi, C. M. Ishida, Yukiko Kamata, Tomio Kanzawa, Nobunari Kashikawa, Koji S. Kawabata, Naoto Kobayashi, Yutaka Komiyama, George Kosugi, Tomio Kurakami, Michael Letawsky, Yoshitaka Mikami, Akihiko Miyashita, Satoshi Miyazaki, Y. Mizumoto, Jun‐Ichi Morino, Kentaro Motohara, K. Murakawa, M. Nakagiri, Kyoko Nakamura, Hidehiko Nakaya, Kyoji Nariai, Tetsuo Nishimura, Kunio Noguchi, Takeshi Noguchi, Junichi Noumaru, Ryusuke Ogasawara, Norio Ohshima, Youichi Ohyama, Kiichi Okita, Koji Omata, Masashi Otsubo, Shin Oya, Robert Potter, Yoshihiko Saito, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Shuji Sato, D. Scarla, Kiaina Schubert, K. Sekiguchi, M. Sekiguchi, Ian Shelton, Chris Simpson, Hiroshi Suto, Akito Tajitsu, Hideki Takami, Tadafumi Takata, Naruhisa Takato, Richard Tamae, Motohide Tamura, Wataru Tanaka, Hiroshi Terada, Yasuo Torii, Fumihiko Uraguchi, Tomonori Usuda, Mark Weber, Tom Winegar, Masafumi Yagi, Tōru Yamada, Takuya Yamashita, Yasumasa Yamashita, Naoki Yasuda, M. Yoshida, Masami Yutani,

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

An overview of the current status of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope constructed and operated at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is presented. The basic design concept and the verified performance of the telescope system are described. Also given are the status of the instrument package offered to the astronomical community, the status of operation, and some of the future plans. The status of the telescope reported in a number of SPIE papers as of the summer of 2002 are incorporated with some updates included as of 2004 February. However, readers are encouraged to check the most updated status of the telescope through the home page, http://subarutelescope.org/index.html, and/or the direct contact with the observatory staff.