About the Subaru Telescope

Observational instruments

ULTIMATE-Subaru

ULTIMATE-Subaru

ULTIMATE-Subaru is a project to develop the next-generation facility adaptive optics (AO) system and near-infrared instruments of the Subaru Telescope. ULTIMATE-Subaru will exploit Ground Layer AO (GLAO) system, which improves image quality over >100 times wider field of view than our current Subaru AO system. By carrying out an unprecedentedly wide, sharp, and deep near-infrared survey with ULTIMATE-Subaru, we will detect extremely distant galaxies, reveal the origin of the galaxy morphologies, and solve many mysteries in the universe.