Subaru Telescope
LocationUSA (Hawaii)
Year1999
Size8.2 m mirror
OperatorNAOJ (Japan)
About Subaru Telescope
Located on Mauna Kea at 4,139 m. Has one of the largest single-piece mirrors ever made. The Hyper Suprime-Cam can image an area 10 times the full moon. Named after the Pleiades star cluster, not the car brand. Discovered the most distant galaxy known at the time.
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