The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38-39,000 years ago.
The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia..
The first documented records of systematic astronomical observations date back to the Assyro-Babylonians around 1000 BCE.
From this cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia – in the southern part of present-day Iraq – astronomers had built up knowledge of the celestial bodies and recorded their periodic motions..
The true predecessors of the modern observatory were those established in the Islamic world.
Observatories were built at Damascus and Baghdad as early as the 9th–10th century ce.
A splendid one was built at Marāgheh (now in Iran) about 1260 ce, and substantial modifications in Ptolemaic astronomy were introduced there..
Solar observation
Japan's solar astronomy started in the early 1980s with the launch of the Hinotori (ASTRO-A) X-ray mission.
The Hinode (SOLAR-B) spacecraft, the follow-on to the joint Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (SOLAR-A) spacecraft, was launched on 23 September 2006 by JAXA.
A SOLAR-C can be expected sometime after 2020..
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Sawai Jai Singh II, Maharaja of Amber and Jaipur, constructed five observatories in the second quarter of the eighteenth century in the north Indian cities of Shahjahanabad (Delhi), Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, and Varanasi..
Astronomers use observatories to collect light from natural objects in space.
This includes the radio, infrared and visible light (optical) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum..
The first documented records of systematic astronomical observations date back to the Assyro-Babylonians around 1000 BCE.
From this cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia – in the southern part of present-day Iraq – astronomers had built up knowledge of the celestial bodies and recorded their periodic motions..
In early Japanese history, astronomical observations were sporadic and limited in scope.
The first continuous, methodical celestial observations began in 1782 at Asakusa Observatory through the work of the Tenmonkata (Official Astronomer) under the direction of the Shogun in the latter part of the Edo era..
Solar observation
Japan's solar astronomy started in the early 1980s with the launch of the Hinotori (ASTRO-A) X-ray mission.
The Hinode (SOLAR-B) spacecraft, the follow-on to the joint Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (SOLAR-A) spacecraft, was launched on 23 September 2006 by JAXA.
A SOLAR-C can be expected sometime after 2020..
With unique geographical and climate conditions and 70% of the world's telescopes, Chile truly is the world capital of astronomy..
Solar observation
Japan's solar astronomy started in the early 1980s with the launch of the Hinotori (ASTRO-A) X-ray mission.
The Hinode (SOLAR-B) spacecraft, the follow-on to the joint Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (SOLAR-A) spacecraft, was launched on 23 September 2006 by JAXA.
A SOLAR-C can be expected sometime after 2020..
The observatory is the place, which is mainly used for observation of natural phenomena including astronomical observations, celestial events and other research related to astronomy, meteorology, oceanography geophysical, etc..
The first documented records of systematic astronomical observations date back to the Assyro-Babylonians around 1000 BCE.
From this cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia – in the southern part of present-day Iraq – astronomers had built up knowledge of the celestial bodies and recorded their periodic motions..
Japan's astronomical heritage
Like so much of the culture's history
Is one of enigma.
Navigationally remote in ancient times and perhaps somewhat still socially remote amidst modern urbanization
It is easy for native and foreigner alike to perceive that there must be something unique and mysterious about what is “Japanese.”
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
the national center of astronomical research in Japan
Has the most advanced observing facilities in the world.
As an Inter-University Research Institute
We promote the open use of these facilities among researchers throughout Japan
As well as encourage flexible international cooperation.
By the seventh century (perhaps earlier)
The Chinese “cosmology” which gave rise to the concepts of 28 Sei Shuku or lunar stations encircling the celestial globe had found its place in Japan (Nakayama 1969; Watanabe 1987 ).
