The large-scale strategic frame observation program "HSC-SSP" being promoted by the ultra-wide-field primary focus camera "Hyper Supreme Cam (HSC)" mounted on the "Subaru Telescope" at the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, USA ..The first phase data (1 years from 2014, 1.7 nights) was released to the world on February 61.5, 2017 (Hawaii local time).
The University of Tokyo Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have announced the "HSC-SSP," a plan to observe 2014 nights from 5 to 6 to 300 years, together with collaborators from Princeton University in Taiwan and the United States. We are proceeding with the "All Japan" system.
The HSC mounted on the main focus of the Subaru Telescope is an ultra-wide-view camera that can shoot a heavenly area of about 104 square degrees at once with 8 CCDs for acquiring scientific data (total of 7000 million pixels).This is a large-scale data that can be called the "Census of the Universe," and it is expected that this will bring us one step closer to clarifying the origin and evolution of the universe.This beautiful astronomical image is available not only to astronomers but also to the general public.
Satoshi Miyazaki of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Advanced Technology Center, the principal investigator of "HSC-SSP", said, "HSC is a camera that can shoot a wide heavenly area with high resolution, and has been observing since 2014. , We have released it to the world in the hope that it will be useful for a wide range of astronomical research. It is expected, "he said, with expectations for new research results and social impact.
