Maraghe observatory was built by such engineers as Moayiededdin Orozi etc. under supervision of Khaje Nasireddin Tousi in 7th century AH. The most significant feature associated with Maraghe observatory is the fact that architecture is employed to achieve astronomical purposes in this site. The reason for preferring observatory by astronomers was the fact that these units are superior to wooden...

maraghe observatory was built by such engineers as moayiededdin orozi etc. under supervision of khaje nasireddin tousi in 7th century ah. the most significant feature associated with maraghe observatory is the fact that architecture is employed to achieve astronomical purposes in this site. the reason for preferring observatory by astronomers was the fact that these units are superior to wooden...

[email protected] 2Mizusawa Astrogeodynamics Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory, Mizusawa, Iwate 023-0861 3VERA Project Office, National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 4Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-0065 5Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5313 6Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Obs...

1 MIRA project, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 2 Extrasolar Planet Project Office, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan 3 Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan 4 Max-Planc...

of Superconductor-Isolator-Superconductor Mixers and Its Effect on Mixing Performance Wenlei SHAN, Mingjye WANG, Shengcai SHI, Yoshihisa IRIMAJIRI and Takeshi NOGUCHI Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Nobeyama, Nagano 384-1305, Japan Purple Mountain Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories of China, Nanjing 210008, China Institute of Astronomy and A...

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