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.
NAOJ ALMA is exhibiting a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting every year. This year’s event was held fro…
A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spira…
A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young s…
