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Here we have links to those who are recording magnified images of artificial satellites in Japan.


Site nameBrief Explanation
Rikubetu Space and Earth Science Museum This museum has an astronomical telescope made by the same maker with our observatory's : "CONTRAVES"(Now "Brashear LP"). They took images and movies of Mir, ISS and Space Shuttle.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The group with team leader Dr. Atsushi Nakajima in this laboratory is developing a telescope system to observe space debris. This telescope can track satellites, and they took images of ISS, Space Shuttle and Mir.
Page of Mr. Hiroyuki Kondo He takes images of Mir, ISS and Space Shuttle with his telescope.
NHK Matsuyama branch Mr. Naoki Yamaji and his coworkers in NHK(Nihon Housou Kyoukai : one of Japanese TV company) Matsuyama branch have a telescope system with the ability of tracking satellites. They took very good images of Mir in March 2001, but they don't have their page on WWW.


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