=== Introduction ===

Welcome to our Cosmic Spectral Museum. In this Museum you can see the acoustic universe through radio wavelengths. Let's enjoy the dynamic, active, revolving Universe.

Unfortunately, almost all the pages, except for this page and the "Spectral Gallery (Index)", are written in Japanese only. We hope, however, you can enjoy many images included.

=== Museum Policy ===

Radio astronomy is one of the most exciting field in the modern astronomy, although it is not so familiar for us. We thus produced a multimedia software, dedicated for astronomical education, in order to introduce this field; our attention is focused on radio and its spectrum in the universe.

In this software, we show the basic concept of the radio world and its spectrum, give various spectra in the laboratory and those seen in our daylife. We collect spectral images of various astronomical objects, including the solar system objects, stars, nebulae, clusters, galaxies, quasars, and cosmic background.

In order to demonstrate their physical properties, we use several movies and animations. This software is documented using the HTML.

We hope that this software is useful for students, teachers, amateurs, and researchers, who are interested in astronomy and astrophysics.

=== Clickable Map ===

There are 10 sections in this museum, and all sections are entrance free.
Map and titles are linked to each sections. For instance,
　　　　Radio Telescope Image -> Antenna and Receiver
　　　　Galaxy Image -> Galaxy and Universe
Please click a map or title, and you can enter the section.

=== Quick Start-up ===

Insert the Cosmic Spectral Museum CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM drive. Double click on the top.htm document to open it.

Recommended environment is as follows.

CPU:      PentiumTM 133MHz or higher (for Windows)
          PowerPC or higher (for Macintosh)
Basic OS: Windows 95/98, MacOS7.6.1
Browser:  Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher
Display:  Resolution 640*480 or higher，64000color or higher
Memory:   32MB or higher

Pentium is a trademark of Intel.
Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft.
Netscape Navigator is a trademark of Netscape Communications Co.
Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer.

- Almost all the files of this software
  are readable in Macintosh and UNIX machine as well as Windows machine,
  although this software was developed under Windows 95/98.

=== Copyright ===

[Cooperation]

M.Ishiguro, M.Inoue, N.Ukita, R.Kawabe, A.Kawamura, N.Kuno, K.Kohno,
S.Sakamoto, K.Sorai, K.Tatematsu, S.Deguchi, T.Noguchi, N.Yamaguchi (NRO)
S.Iguchi, M.Ikeda, S.Ishizuki, H.Imai, H.Ujihara, S.Kameno, 
Y.Hanaoka, K.Fujisawa, K.Heki, K.Hori, S.Horiuchi, H.Matsuo, 
S.Manabe, T.Yokoyama, Shen, Zhi-Qiang (NAOJ)
H.Izumiura, Y.Norimoto (OAO)
M.Hayashi, T.Yamashita (NAOJ SUBARU)
Y.Kitamura, T.Nakagawa, H.Hirabayashi, I.Yamamura (ISAS)
T.Iwata (NASDA)
Y.Hanado (CRL)
Y.Taniguchi (Tohoku University)
S.Shibata (Yamagata University)
M.Tsuboi, M.Momose (Ibaraki University)
H.Ogawa (Tsukuba University)
T.Tosaki (Gunma Astronomical Observatory)
T.Takano (Chiba University)
T.Ito, T.Oka, M.Ikeda, T.Sawada, Y.Sofue, A.Tajitsu, H.Nakanishi, 
T.Hasegawa, H.Habara, H.Maesawa, J.Morino, S.Yamamoto (University of Tokyo)
F.Sato (Tokyo Gakugei University)
N.Hirano (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
H.Hasegawa (Astec)
K.Akabane (Matsusho Gakuen Junior College)
R.Abe, T.Onishi, H.Saito, T.Nagahama, T.Hayakawa, A.Hara, Y.Fukui, 
K.Fujiki, A.Mizuno, N.Mizuno, R.Yamaguchi (Nagoya University)
T.Sawa (Aichi University of Education)
K.Ohta, H.Kojima, K.Nakanishi, H.Matsumoto (Kyoto University)
Y.Yonekura (Osaka Prefecture University)
M.Ioroi, M.Kitanishi, T.Sohma, T.Yokoo (Osaka kyoiku University)
K.Yaji (Kawabe Cosmic Park)
S.Toyomasu (Misato Observatory)
K.Maeda (Hyogo College of Medicine)
T.Tokushige (Himeji City Science Museum)
N.Tokimasa, M.Morimoto (Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory)
Y.Waki
K.Kawaguchi (Okayama University)
T.Kawabata (Bisei Astronomical Observatory)
M.Nakano (Oita University)
T.Omodaka, T.Watanabe (Kagoshima University)
K.Sakamoto, S.Matsushita, M. Reid (CfA)
Glen Langston, Toney Minter, Frank Ghigo (NRAO Green Bank)
D.W.Murphy (JPL)
Hyun-Goo Kim (Korea Astronomy Observatory)
Leonardo Bronfman (Chile University)
Akira FUJII (Astro-photographer)
J.Kagaya
Dr. Arthur A.Page
Dr. Andrew Gray

[Cooperation]

M.Uezono, M.Toshiyoshi (Osaka Kyoiku University)
M.Suzuki (Ehime Prefectural Science Museum)

[Cooperation]

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan/NAOJ
Communications Research Laboratory/CRL
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/ISAS
National Space Development Agency of Japan/NASDA
Univesity of Tokyo
Nagoya University
Waseda University
National Radio Astronomy Observatory/NRAO
Koln Observatory Submillimeter Astronomy/KOSMA
Institute for Radio Astronomie Millimetrique/IRAM
Joint Astronomy Centre
The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory/FCRAO
Swidish ESO Submillimetre Telescope/SEST
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/CfA
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope/WSRT
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA
Astronomical Society of Japan
National/Panasonic (Hall of Science and Technology)
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Wacoal Corp.
Warner Home Video
Sogo Electronic Inc.
NHK Osaka
Kami-Ube Clinic
Ihatove co.,ltd
Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory
Osaka Kyoiku University
Okayama Astronomical Museum

[Special Thanks]

Kazuhito TANABE (Minolta Planetarium) for his various cooperation
Makoto SAKAMOTO (Science Chef) for a cover design
Masayuki MITANI (Multi Musician) for BGM

2000.10
Yumi AWANO, Jun FUKUE, Toshihiro HANDA, Ayano OBAYASHI, Yukiko TAJIMA

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(C) 2000, Yumi Awano, Jun Fukue, Toshihiro Handa, Ayano Obayashi, Yukiko Tajima
(C) 2000, Shokabo Publishing Co., Ltd.