Subaru Telescope

Subaru Telescope
	The Subaru Telescope
Location(s)	United States
Coordinates	19°49′32″N 155°28′34″W / 19.8256°N 155.4761°W
Observatory code	T09
Altitude	4,139 m (13,579 ft)
Wavelength	Optical/Infrared
Built	Completed 1998
Diameter	8.3 m (8.2 m usable)
Secondary diameter	1330/1400/1265 mm
Angular resolution	0.23″
Collecting area	53 m2 (570 sq ft)
Focal length	f/1.83 (15.000 m)
Mounting	Altitude/Azimuth
Website	www.naoj.org
	Location of Subaru Telescope
	Related media on Commons
	[edit on Wikidata]

Subaru Telescope (すばる望遠鏡, Subaru Bōenkyō) is the 8.2-metre (320 in) telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii. It is named after the open star cluster known in English as the Pleiades. It had the largest monolithic primary mirror in the world from its commissioning until the Large Binocular Telescope opened in 2005.^[3]

^ "Corning Museum of Glass - Telescopes and Mirrors". Cmog.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference performance was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The Subaru Telescope". web-japan.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2010.