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三鷹市国立天文台 4D2Uドームシアター
4D2U Theater

JAPAN , TOKYO , MITAKA

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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Type: Observatory
Opened in 2007

Address: 2-21-1 Ohsawa - Mikata, 181-8588, Tokyo
Country: JAPAN
Email:
Phone: +81 422-34-3688

Website: https://prc.nao.ac.jp/4d2u/
Website 2: https://www.nao.ac.jp/about-naoj/organization/facilities/mitaka/visit-facilities

40 seats

Tilt 10°

Dome of 10.0m

Technical
Digital system Prototype : NAOJ
Software: 4D2U (Mitaka)
Video system Barco : 5+1
Meridian resolution 3.2 K
Stereoscopic 120hz Volfoni edge 1.2
Sound 5.1
Dome: 10 deg. tilted dome (flat floor)

Facilities
Other: 12 computers video
Observatory 200mm refractor Zeiss (1927)
650mm Zeiss (1929)
500mm (1995)
spectrohelio (1930)
135mm refractor meridian (1880 then 1937)
190mm refractor meridian (1982)
1999: interferometer 300m each side (TAMA300)

Operation

History
- 1921: observatory
- 2007: 10m/40s/Mitaka (3D real time astronomical software) headquarters and development
- 2015: computer, projectors 3D

Last major evolution: 2015: New computers + projectors 120hz + 20 seats

Comments

Latitude: 35°40'28" N - Longitude: 139°32'13" E - Altitude: 62m
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