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2008

May 8 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
May 7 : Saturn’s Atmosphere Does the Wave
Apr. 11 : Subaru Joins Merrie Monarch Festival Celebration
Apr. 11 : Subaru Kids: Story 24
Apr. 7 : Subaru Kids: People at Subaru "Lab Technician"
Apr. 7 : Small Distant Galaxies Confirm Galaxy Formation Theories
Apr. 7 : Supernova Study Reveals Hidden Wonders and New Understandings
Apr. 1 : Summary of Subaru’s Panoramic Galaxy Conference
Mar. 19 : Subaru Kids: People at Subaru "Instrument Machinist"
Mar. 14 : Scientific Results Summary
Mar. 5 : Subaru Kids: Story 23
Mar. 5 : Cosmology Near and Far: Science with WFMOS
Feb. 20 : Dozens of Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies Discovered in Distant Universe
Feb. 11 : SUBARU GIVES THANKS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT
Feb. 8 : Call for Proposals: Semester S08B
Feb. 8 : A Lightweight Disk Around a Lightweight Star May Harbor Earth-like Planet
Feb. 4 : Resources for Under/Graduate Students
Jan. 31 : Supernovae are Not Spherical (or round) - Subaru Dissects the Interior of Exploding Stars
Jan. 28 : Subaru Kids: Story 22
Jan. 28 : 2007 Subaru Users' Meeting
Jan. 22 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

2007

Dec. 26 : SAY ALOHA TO NEW HICIAO CAMERA AT SUBARU TELESCOPE
Dec. 18 : Subaru Reveals "Frameworks" of Galaxies at 11 Billion Years Ago
Dec. 17 : Subaru Kids: Story 21
Dec. 14 : Subaru Collaborates NASA's Deep Impact Mission
Dec. 14 : Subaru Kids: People at Subaru "Day Crew"
Nov. 30 : Subaru Staff -Part 17-
Nov. 28 : Leo II: An Old Dwarf Galaxy with Juvenescent Heart
Nov. 2 : Subaru Kids: Story 20
Nov. 1 : SUBARU SCIENTIST RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
Oct. 12 : Subaru Kids: People at Subaru "Support Scientist "
Oct. 12 : The Subaru Telescope General Tour: Virtual Walkthrough
Oct. 1 : Subaru Kids: Story 19
Sept. 25 : Subaru Telescope Uncovers a Misaligned Jet in a Binary Star System
Sept. 17 : Subaru Kids: People at Subaru "Operator"
Sept. 10 : Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid Tunnels in Earth’s Atmosphere
Aug. 23 : Subaru Measures the Spin-Orbit Alignment in a Faint Transiting Extrasolar Planetary System
Aug. 10 : Call for Proposals: Semester S08A
Jul. 27 : Subaru Staff -Part 16-
Jul. 13 : "Data Reduction" in Observing
Jul. 9 : Subaru Kids: Story 18
Jun. 25 : First Detection of Thorium in an Extragalactic Star
Jun. 15 : MOIRCS: “Faster and Better”
Jun. 5 : Subaru Kids: Story 17
May 19 : The Thickness and Formation Age of Surface Layer on Comet 9P/Tempel 1
May 16 : Power Sogo Telescope mirror gets new coating
May 14 : Subaru Scientists Visit Hawai`i Classrooms during the Third Annual “Journey Week”
May 8 : The 1st Subaru International Conference: "Panoramic Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution"
May 3 : One Ocean, One People, One Sky
Apr. 24 : More Fragments Discovered in Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3 Nucleus
Mar. 30 : International Workshop of Cosmic Ray Astronomy was Held at Subaru
Mar. 12 : Supernova Remnant in Dark Space: Subaru Prime Focus Camera Captures the Transfiguration of Crab Nebula
Mar. 5 : Unusual Streak of Ionized Gas Hints at Galaxy's Past
Feb. 15 : Subaru Kids: Story 16

Feb. 13 :

Call for Proposals: Semester S07B

Feb. 13 : Double sun sunset no longer science fiction
Feb. 9 : Subaru Staff -Part 15-
Jan. 23 : Subaru Kids: Story 15
Jan. 7 : DARK MATTER MAP REVEALS COSMIC WEB

2006

Dec. 31 : Realuminizing Subaru's Primary Mirror
Nov. 20 : Subaru Telescope Improves its Eyesight by a Factor of Ten
Nov. 8 : Subaru Reopens to Visitors
Nov. 6 : Subaru Resumes Observing
Nov. 6 : Subaru Kids: Story14
Oct. 31 : Subaru Kids: Image Gallery
Oct. 30 : Subaru Staff -Part 14-
Oct. 23 : Star Ends Infancy Abruptly
Oct. 20 : Subaru Earthquake Update
Oct. 19: Telescope tour suspneded till the end of this month (October) due to the post-earthquake inspections throughout the summit facilty.
Oct. 17: Subaru Earthquake Update
Oct. 15: Earthquake: The telescope status is now under investigation.
Sept. 16 : Subaru Kids: Special Story
Sept. 14 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Sept. 13 : Cosmic Archeology Uncovers the Universe’s Dark Ages
Sept. 7 : Subaru Kids: Story 13
Aug. 29 : Japanese Researcher Finds Massive Black Hole 12.7 Billion Light-years Away
Aug. 16 : Due to the completion of the maintenance, telescope tours are now available.
Aug. 7 : Call for Proposals: Semester S07A
Aug. 1 : Subaru Staff -Part 13-
Jul. 26 : GIANT GAS CLOUDS ILLUMINATE UNIVERSE’S LARGEST STRUCTURE
Jul. 19 : East Asia Youth Seminar - Steppingstone for Long Term Collaboration with East Asian Astronomy Communities
Jul. 13 : Subaru Discovers 9 new Satellites of Saturn
Jul. 10 : The final report of Subaru Advisory Committee (SAC) 2005 is now available.
Jun. 27 : Subaru Kids: Story 12
Jun. 27 : Diversity the Norm in Protoplanetary Disks: Astronomers Find Donuts, Spirals and Now Banana Splits
Jun. 22 : Subaru Welcomes Future Astronomers
Jun. 9 : Subaru Staff -Part 12-
Jun. 5 : Subaru Co-Sponsors Journey Week 2006
May 31 : The Subaru Makali‘i School: High School Students Observe with the Subaru Telescope
May 25 : Universe Re-Ionized 900 Million Years After Birth
May 25 : The Universe Comes to Hilo in 4-D
May 25 : Telescope tours will be unavailable between July 21 and August 14 due to telescope maintenance.
May 11 : Subaru Captures Crumbling Comet SW3
Apr. 20 : Synergy of Technologies Reveal Origin of Dust Around Nearby Star
Apr. 10 : Computer Simulations Link Galaxies Past and Present
Feb. 22 : MOIRCS - Subaru’s new “infrared eye” now open
Feb. 20 : Call for Proposals: Semester S06B
Feb. 15 : Supermassive Black Holes Hide in Dust Cocoons
Jan. 31: Subaru Kids: Story 11, Fun and Games
Jan. 23 : `OHANA to Link Mauna Kea Telescopes
Jan. 12 : Subaru Collaborates with NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission

2005

Dec. 21: Young Galaxies Grow Up Together in a Nest of Dark Matter
Nov. 21: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Nov. 9: Subaru Staff -Part 11-
Nov. 2: Subaru East Asia Youth Seminar 2006
Oct. 18: Subaru Kids: Story 10
Oct. 17: Probing the Dark Universe with Subaru and Gemini
Oct. 13: A Galactic Space Halo -- NGC2403
Sept. 15: Mauna Kea Giants Find Common Nursery for Comets
Sept. 15: Asteroids Created the Oldest Craters on the Moon
Sept. 12: HAWAII TELESCOPES CATCH MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION
Aug. 31: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Aug. 31: Circumstellar Disk Cradles Young Massive Star
Aug. 15: Call for Proposal : Semester S06A
Aug. 4: New Integral Field Spectrograph Reveals the Energetic Gas Outflow from the Supermassive Black Hole
Jul. 21: Subaru Obtains the Deepest Infrared Image of the Universe
Jul. 6: Solid State Laser for Subaru Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
Jul. 3: Deep Impact News Flash - Jul. 6
Jun. 30: A Massive-Core Hot Planet is Discovered
Jun. 9: Mauna Kea Telescopes Brace for Impact
Jun. 3: Calculations Reveal Chemical Inheritance of Oldest Stars
May 26: Hypernova Reveals Hidden Identity As Gamma-Ray Burst
May 11: SMOKA: The Data Archive of NAOJ Telescopes
May 9: Twelve New Moons Discovered for Saturn
Apr. 20: Silhouette Reveals Hidden Shape of Young Star's Envelope
Apr. 13: Discovery of the Most Metal-deficient Star Ever Found: Studying Nucleosynthesis Signatures of the First Stars
Apr. 6: Special Call for Proposals to Observe Comet Tempel 1 Deep Impact Event (Update)
Apr. 1: Rapid Flares in Normal Looking Galaxies Hint at the Ubiquity of Supermassive Black Holes
Mar. 24: Subaru Staff - Part X -
Mar. 18: Special Call for Proposals to Observe Comet Tempel 1 Deep Impact Event
Mar. 10: Call for Proposals : Semester S05B
Mar. 1: A Glimpse at the Hidden Process of Star Formation
Feb. 24: Young Star's Companion Has Only Forty Times the Mass of Jupiter
Feb. 16: Galaxy Clusters Formed Early
Jan. 26: Subaru Staff - Part IX -
Jan. 3: Quaoar Reveals a Surprisingly Young Face

2004

Dec. 23: Jupiter's Moon Had A Far-Flung Past
Dec. 15: The Soot Enshrouded End of a Sun-like Star
Dec. 13: New design for Subaru web site top page.
Dec. 10: Subaru Kids: Story 9
Nov. 24: Hilo Office Gets A New Front Sign
Nov. 22: Senior Vice Minister Inaba and NINS President Shimura Visit Subaru Telescope
Nov. 18: Subaru Witnesses Galactic Cannibalism in Action
Oct. 22: Call for Proposals : Semester S05A
Oct. 21: Planetesimal belts are discovered around beta Pictoris
Oct. 20: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Oct. 18: A New Era of Cooperation among Keck, Gemini and Subaru
Sept. 23: Subaru Kids: Story 8
Aug. 23: Subaru Staff - Part VIII -
Aug. 5: Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: Not So Pristine After All
Jul. 14: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Jul. 13: TELESCOPE TOURS BEGIN OCTOBER 1, 2004
Jun. 1: WELCOME TO A MENAGERIE OF A MILLION GALAXIES
May 26: Subaru Kids: Story 7
May 17: Subaru Staff - Part VII -
Apr. 18: Spiral Dance in a Planetary Nursery
Apr. 4: Discovery of Water Icy Grains in Comet LINEAR Approaching Earth
Mar. 31: Call for Proposals : Semester S04B
Feb. 27: Workshop on: Multiwavelength Observations of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field
Feb. 27: Subaru Staff Participate in Onizuka Science Day 2004
Feb. 23: A Treasure Chest of Stars -- Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Sextans A
Feb. 4: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

2003

Dec. 22: A Chain Cluster: Witnessing the Formation of a Rich Galaxy Cluster 7 Billion Years Ago
Dec. 17: Discovery of Widest-separation Quasar Gravitational Lens
Dec. 3: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Nov. 25: Subaru Finds Galaxy Seed in the Early Universe
Oct. 17: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Oct. 7: Call for Proposals : Semester S04A
Oct. 1: COMICS Detects Crystalline Silicates Around a Young Sun-like Star.
Sept. 16: Subaru Observes Mars with IRCS and HDTV camera.
Sept. 11: Astronomical Polarimetry Conference - 2nd Announcement
Sept. 10: Subaru Kids: Story 6
Sept. 10 : Subaru Telescope's new web pages opened.
Jul. 25 : Advanced Technology Center
Jun. 26 : Review on Telescope & Observation Control Systems
Jun. 13 : Gamma-Ray Bursts = Hypernovae ?!
May 29 : Subaru Discovers Many Distant Supernovae
May 16 : Infrared secondary has a new silver coat
Apr. 15 : Subaru Staff Part VI: Our Technicians
Apr. 8 : The Universe Had Large Scale Structure at a Very Early Age /
Jupiter and Saturn Have More Moons
Apr. 2 : Call for Proposals: Semester S03B was released
Mar. 24 : "Subaru Screen Saver" was released.
Mar. 24 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
Mar. 19 : "Subaru Detects Most Distant Galaxy Yet"
Feb. 11 : Subaru Kids: Story 5
Jan. 16 : "Isolated Star-Forming Cloud Discovered in Intracluster Space"
(Joint release with ESO)

2002

Dec. 18 : Subaru Users Meeting 2002
Dec. 5 : Subaru Staff Part V: Director Hiroshi Karoji
Nov. 21 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Nov. 14 : Subaru copsonsors conference on the Galactic Center
Sept. 29 : "Aging Star Has 'Bullets' and 'Horns'"
Sept. 25 : Semester S03A Call for Proposals released
Sept. 20 : Subaru Kids: Story 4
Sept. 18 : Subaru Mitaka Office supports Subaru Telescope from Japan
Sept. 6 : Hilo Base Facility Visitors Gallery
Aug. 22 : Semester S02B Open Use results announced.
Aug. 8 : "Subaru Discovers an Exploding Galaxy at the Edge of the Universe"
Jul. 29 : Live video from Subaru Stuns the Public
Jul. 29 : Japan and United Kingdom begin new collaboration in infrared astronomy
Jul. 24 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT was updated.
Jul. 15 : JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT was released.
Jun. 27 : Manufacturer wins prize for techonology supporting Subaru Telescope's
primary mirror
Jun. 27 : Astronaut Koichi Wakata visits Subaru Telescope
Jun. 13 : Subaru Kids: Story 3
May 28 : Subaru Telescope cosponsors conference on Brown Dwarfs
in Kona, Hawaii
May 23 : Subaru Staff Part IV: Our Day Crew (3)
May 7 : "Galaxy's Light Pushes Back Dark Ages of the Universe"
Apr. 26 : Subaru Kids: Story 2
Apr. 25 : "AstroDay" in Hawaii
Apr. 25 : NHK Live Programs from Mauna Kea
Apr. 15 : "Discovery of Huge Gas Cloud Expanding around Galaxy"
Apr. 9 : Call for Proposals : Semester S02B was released
Mar. 25 : A new web feature, "Subaru Kids" was introduced.
Mar. 11 : Subaru Staff Part III: Our Day Crew (2)
Feb. 21 : "A Near-Infrared View of Uranus, Its Ring system, and Two Satellites"
Feb. 15 : Airlift of super computer from Japan
Feb. 6 : Subaru observes Supernova SN 2002ap
Feb. 5 : Subaru Staff Part II: Our Day Crew (1)
Jan. 16 : First spectroscopic observations with Subaru's adaptive optics
Jan. 3 : Subaru Staff Part I: Members of the Director's Office
Jan. 3 : Pictures of the Leonid meteor shower

2001

Dec. 6 : 2001 Subaru Users Meeting Final Circular
Dec. 3 : Announcement: Keck Laser Guide Experiment in January 2002
Nov. 30 : Control Building at Summit of Mauna Kea
Nov. 8 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
Nov. 2 : A link to SMOKA (Subaru Archive Web Site) was made.
Nov. 1 : "Subaru Approaches Origin of Comets"
Oct. 31 : Subaru Work This Summer Part II
Oct. 11 : Call for Proposals S02A was released.
Sept. 28 : Subaru Work This Summer Part I
Sept. 24 : EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES was released.
Sept. 12 :Upgrading telescope and recoating primary mirror at Subaru Telescope
Sept. 7 : A color image of the Andromeda Galaxy was released.
Aug. 30 : The power of FOCAS and MOS
Aug. 1 : Comments on recent NHK topics item.
Aug. 1 : "Subaru Calendar" was updated.
Jul. 25 : What is the "Subaru Calendar"?
Jul. 12 : "Discovery of seven new distant supernovae"
Jul. 1 : "Subaru Calendar" was updated.
Jun. 26 : "Subaru Calendar" was opened.
Jun. 22 : Observatories of Mauna Kea Part II, The Submillimeter and Radio Telescopes
May 23 : "Subaru discovers small objects in the outer Solar System".
May 21 : Observatories of Mauna Kea Part I, The Optical Infrared Telescopes
Apr. 30 : "Light From All the Galaxies in the Universe Accounted For
Using the 'Subaru Deep Field'"
Apr. 13 : Call for Proposals S01B was released.
Apr. 12 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
Mar. 30 : Hilo meetings attract 200 astronomers
Mar. 13 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Mar. 5 : Final announcement of Subaru Users' Meeting
Feb. 27 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Feb. 13 : "Subaru Stares into a Cradle of Stars"
Feb. 7 : Hale Pohaku
Feb. 6 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Jan. 18 : Announcement of Subaru Users' Meeting
Jan. 17 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Jan. 4 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
Jan. 3 : The design of the homepage has changed.

2000

Dec. 27 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Dec. 6 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Dec. 5 : EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES was released.
Dec. 2 : Adaptive Optics First Light!
Nov. 22 : A bit wetter than usual
Nov. 14 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Nov. 14 : "Wide Field Color Image with Suprime-Cam"
Oct. 31 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Oct. 31 : Call for Proposals S01A was released.
Oct. 23 : Subaru prepares for open use
Oct. 19 : Next Open Use (Semester S01A) will be between April and July in 2001. The information will be released in late October and the deadline for applying will be in late November. IRCS, FOCAS, HDS, and OHS/CISCO will be the instruments that will be used for this period.
Oct. 19 : List of accepted proposals for Open Use Semester S00 is here.
Oct. 9 : Subaru Telescope observed Gamma-Ray Burst.
Oct. 5 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Sept. 22 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
Sept. 22 : Next Open Use Information for "Semester S01A" will be released in late October.
Sept. 20 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Sept. 11 : The Island of Hawaii, Hilo, and Subaru's base facility
Aug. 30 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Aug. 11 : HDS First Light!
Aug. 7 : Conference on Astrophysical Ages and Time Scales
Jul. 25 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Jul. 24 : Image of Comet LINEAR (C/1999/ S4) was released.
Jul. 19 : EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES was released.
Jul. 15 : Suprime-Cam at Prime Focus
Jul. 6 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Jul. 6 : Superb Observations with OHS (CISCO)
Jul. 1 : HDS has seen first-light !
Jun. 22 : 0.3 Arcsec Imaging with Suprime-Cam
Jun. 16 : IRCS First Light!
Jun. 8 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Jun. 1 : "Preprint and Reprint Series" was updated.
May 30: Open use Information was released.
May 12: OHS First Light!
May 12: Open use Information will be released soon.
May 11: Open use of the Subaru Telescope begins in December.
May 4: Subaru Telescope observed a Gamma-Ray Burst.
Apr. 14: CIAO First Light!
Mar. 24 : "Red Light flowing from Galaxy (M 82, NGC 3034)"
Mar. 9 : FOCAS First Light!
Mar. 3 : "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)" page opened.
Mar. 2 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Feb. 25 : IRCS has seen first-light!
Feb. 22 : OHS has seen first-light!
Feb. 10 : The Subaru Primary Mirror CO2 Cleaning
Feb. 9 : CIAO has seen first-light!
Feb. 4 : CO2 Cleaning of the primary mirror took place.
Feb. 2 : FOCAS has seen first-light!
Jan. 25 : Subaru Telescope's new web pages opened.
Jan. 10 : SPIE 2000 will be held in Munich, Germany between March 27 and 31.

1999

Dec. 14 : COMICS has seen first-light!