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News List
2025
Jun 12, 2025
Participation in Astronomical Week of Chile pavilion in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan |
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At Chile Pavilion in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, various events are held every week based on a specific theme. In the week of May 19 to May 23, various astronomical events entitled "Infinite Innovation: Exploring the Limits of the Universe and Creativity" were held...
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Jun 11, 2025
Agreement Signed with Chile's Antofagasta Region on Astronomy and Space Science |
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On June 11, 2025, the School of Science at the University of Tokyo signed an academic collaboration agreement with the Government of the Antofagasta Region in northern Chile. The agreement aims to promote academic exchange and cooperation in a wide range of fields,...
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May 13, 2025
Prime Minister Ishiba mentioned TAO as a representative example of bilateral cooperation in Space and Astronomy at Japan-Chile Summit Meeting |
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On May 11,2025, Mr. Shigeru Ishiba, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit meeting with Mr. Gabriel BORIC FONT, President of the Republic of Chile, who was visiting Japan as an official Guest of Expo 2025 ...
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(Photo: quoted from the webpage of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
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Feb 24, 2025
The coating chamber for the TAO telescope has been installed in the operation building at the summit |
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The coating system plays the role of aluminum coating to the primary, secondary, and third mirror, which are made of glass (OHARA E6) as reflectors, and reviving mirrors whose reflectivity has reduced due to dirt and deterioration caused by long-term observation operations. The features of the TAO coating system are...
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Feb 20, 2025
Borosilicate glass used for the primary mirror of the TAO telescope and a model of the TAO telescope are now on display in the Science Gallery |
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In the Science Gallery of the Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, the University of Tokyo (located in Building 1 of the Faculty of Science, Hongo Campus), we started the exhibition of borosilicate glass (E6 by OHARA Inc.) used for the primary mirror of the 6.5-meter aperture TAO telescope and...
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