A total lunar eclipse was observed during the nighttime in Chile (the daytime in Japan time). We successfully took clear images of the eclipse, though clouds covered the moon in the early phases of the eclipse. The moon surface is illuminated by sunlight which reaches the moon after being refracted and scattered by the earths atmosphere.
Dr. Akimasa Kataoka at NAOJ received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2025 Commendation for Science and Technology by the M…
Takafumi Tsukui at the Australian National University (currently Tohoku University) received Inoue Research Award for Y…
The ACA Spectrometer development team has received the NAOJ Director General’s Award in the Technical and Development C…
