400 Years of the Astronomical Telescope poster released

22 January 2010

A special poster promoting advances in telescope technology was made as a project for Science and Technology Week promoted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.  During the Science and Technology Week in April 2009, about 150,000 copies of the poster were distributed by MEXT in museums all over Japan.

The theme of this poster is "From Galileo to the Subaru Telescope, and Moving Toward the Future".  It introduces the history of astronomical telescopes and their scientific discoveries. "The Universe, Yours to Discover", the slogan of IYA2009, is the message adopted by the authors to young people who are interested in becoming astronomers or engineers.

"400 Year of the Astronomical telescope" Poster English Page: http://stw.mext.go.jp/tentaiboenkyo/index.html

Download the poster
http://stw.mext.go.jp/pdf/astro_telescope400_01_english.pdf

Japanese version: http://stw.mext.go.jp/pdf/astro_telescope400_01.pdf

Organisational Associates:
ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI


The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.