Telescope Facilities
New Laser Guide Star System Debuts in the Night Sky of Maunakea
June 4, 2025
Solar System
Jupiter's Rings
April 17, 2024
Asteroid 1998 KY26
December 17, 2020
Hayabusa2
November 25, 2020
Comet NEOWISE Rises in the Sky of Maunakea
July 8, 2020
Mars (July 29, 2018)
July 30, 2018
Saturn and Its Rings Viewed in the Mid-Infrared
February 23, 2017
Jupiter and Ganymede
June 18, 2014
Ion Tail of Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
December 5, 2013
Tails of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
November 17, 2013
Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
November 10, 2013
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
November 8, 2013
Comet 103P/Hartley
October 21, 2010
Hayabusa before Its Re-entry to Earth
June 13, 2010
More Fragments Discovered in Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3 Nucleus
April 24, 2007
Mars in Near-Infrared with IRCS (August 27, 2003)
August 27, 2003
Mars in Visible Light with NHK Ultra-High-Sensitivity HDTV Camera (August 23, 2003)
August 23, 2003
Mars in Visible Light with NHK Ultra-High-Sensitivity HDTV Camera (July, 20, 2003)
July 20, 2003
A Near-Infrared View of Uranus, Its Ring system, and Two Satellites
February 21, 2002
Jupiter and Saturn
January 26, 1999
Galactic
Exoplanet GJ 504 b, " Second Jupiter " Directly Observed
June 18, 2025
Palomar 3 （Globular Cluster）
May 15, 2024
Orion Nebula (M42)
May 1, 2024
Extragalactic
Zooming into Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
April 3, 2024
M5（Globular Cluster）
March 25, 2024
FU Ori Outbursts
February 24, 2016
Stellar Companion of HAT-P-7
January 24, 2013
'Super-Jupiter' around Kappa Andromedae
November 19, 2012
Giant Gap in Protoplanetary Disk of PDS 70
November 8, 2012
Dust Ring around HR 4796
December 29, 2011
Brown Dwarfs in NGC 1333
October 11, 2011
Circumbinary Disk of FS Tau
June 3, 2011
Protoplanetary Disk of AB Aur
February 17, 2011
Exoplanets Orbiting a Sun-Like Star
December 3, 2009
Young Binary System SR24
November 19, 2009
W3 Main Massive Star-Forming Region
January 29, 2009
Figure of Supernova Remnant: Crab Nebula (Messier 1)
March 12, 2007
Birthplace of a Planet HD 142527
June 27, 2006
Orion Nebula
February 22, 2006
Silhouette young stellar object M17-SO1
April 20, 2005
A Young Brown Dwarf Companion to DH Taur
February 24, 2005
Planetary Nebula BD +303639
December 15, 2004
Star-forming Region S106 IRS4
February 13, 2001
Ring Nebula M57
September 14, 1999
The Orion Nebula
January 23, 1999
Zoomable Images | S106(how stars are created)
June 1, 1998
Spiral Galaxy NGC 5211
September 24, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 7537
August 20, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 958
July 23, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4030
April 16, 2025
Interacting Galaxy NGC 474
January 2, 2025
The Twin Galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC4496B
December 19, 2024
Interacting Galaxies NGC 5257 & NGC 5258
December 4, 2024
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4123
November 20, 2024
Triple Ring Galaxy（2MASX J22361103+0124304）
November 6, 2024
Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
October 16, 2024
Interacting Galaxies NGC 5366 & PGC 49574
October 2, 2024
Spiral Galaxy NGC 521
September 18, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxies NGC 3312 & NGC 3314
September 4, 2024
Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) and Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656)
August 14, 2024
The Penguin and the Egg Galaxies (Arp 142)
July 31, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxy (JO204)
July 17, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxy (UGC 9326 & UGC 9327)
July 3, 2024
NGC 6822 (Irregular Galaxy)
June 19, 2024
KKR 25（Dwarf Galaxy）
June 5, 2024
Violent Mergers
October 9, 2023
Spiral Galaxies Identified by the Citizen Astronomer in GALAXY CRUISE, NAOJ's Citizen Science Project
Sh 2-209
July 5, 2023
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3338
August 30, 2022
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
June 21, 2022
Edge-on Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy) NGC 4244
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 850
May 26, 2022
Cluster of Galaxies with a Massive Dark Matter Halo
March 1, 2018
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 7479
June 29, 2017
Tadpole Galaxy (UGC 10214）
February 27, 2017
Starburst Galaxy NGC 6240
February 3, 2016
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521
January 19, 2016
M81 and Its Neighbor Galaxies
August 4, 2015
Spiral Galaxy M81 (2)
August 3, 2015
Dark Galaxies in Coma Cluster
June 22, 2015
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
July 30, 2013
Sombrero Galaxy M104
August 29, 2012
'Emerald-Cut' Galaxy LEDA 074886
April 3, 2012
'Stealth Merger' of Dwarf Galaxies NGC 4449
February 13, 2012
Stephan's Quintet HCG92
August 18, 2011
Central Region of Starburst Galaxy M82
March 7, 2011
Ionized Hydrogen Gas Clouds from Coma Cluster Galaxies
November 9, 2010
Spiral Galaxy M81 (1)
March 18, 2010
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946
September 8, 2009
Spiral Galaxy M33
January 22, 2009
Galaxy RB199 in Coma Cluster of Galaxies with Filaments and Associated Fireballs
October 6, 2008
D100 and its filament of ionized hydrogen gas
March 5, 2007
Spiral Galaxy NGC2403
October 13, 2005
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Leo A
August 5, 2004
Active Galaxy NGC 4388
April 15, 2002
Color Image of Andromeda Galaxy
September 7, 2001
Spiral Galaxy M63
June 22, 2000
Irregular Galaxy M82
March 24, 2000
Hickson Compact Group 40
January 27, 1999
Zoomable Images | Spiral Galaxy M33
Galaxy Clusters 4.1 Billion Years Away (Left) and 6.2 Billion Years Away (Right)
March 20, 2025
Galaxy Distribution at a Location with Highly Significant Dark Matter toward the Virgo Constellation
March 5, 2025
Deep Imaging of the COSMOS Field
February 19, 2025
SDSS J0232.8-0323
February 5, 2025
Dying Galaxies about 10 Billion Years Ago
A Massive Cluster of Galaxies 4 Billion Years Ago
September 30, 2021
A Dying Galaxy 12 Billion Years Ago
December 18, 2019
Proto-Cluster Field about 11 Billion Years Ago
March 20, 2019
100 Quasars about 13 Billion Years Ago
March 13, 2019
A Quasar 13.05 Billion Light Years Away
A Massive Quiescent Galaxy 12 Billion Years Ago
December 20, 2018
Double Source Plane Lens System 'Eye of Horus'
July 25, 2016
Lyman-Alpha Emitters
November 18, 2014
Distant Protocluster of Active Star-Forming Galaxies USS1558-003
August 30, 2012
The Most Distant Galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2
June 3, 2012
Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies
April 23, 2012
Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field
October 3, 2011
Double Quasar SDSS J1334+3315
July 6, 2011
Mature Cluster of Galaxies CL J1449 + 0856
March 9, 2011
Protocluster Area 4C 23.56
February 1, 2011
Cluster of Galaxies 8.5 Billion Light Years Away in Constellation Hydr
October 30, 2008
The Most Distant Galaxy IOK-1
September 13, 2006
Giant Filament Structure of Galaxies
July 26, 2006
COSMOS J100003+020146, J095959+020206
November 16, 2004
Exploding Galaxy at the Edge of the Universe
August 8, 2002
Wide Field Color Image with Suprime-Cam
November 14, 2000
PG 1115+080 (Gravitational Lens)
January 21, 1999
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