=== Introduction ===

Welcome to our Cosmic Spectral Museum. In this Museum you can see the unseen universe through X-ray wavelengths. Let's enjoy the dynamic, active, hot 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 ===

X-ray 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 the X-ray and its spectrum in the universe.

In this software, we show the basic concepts of the X-ray 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 solar system objects, stars, nebulae, clusters, galaxies, quasars, and X-ray 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,
A．Rainbow -> Spectrum! What is it?
E．Moon -> Sun and Solar System
Please click a map or title, and you can enter the section.

Return to Top page	A. Spectrum! What is it?
	B. Familiar World
	C. Laboratory
	D. Satellite and Detector
	E. Sun and Solar System
	F. Star and Binary
	G. Our Galaxy
	H. Galaxy and Universe
	I. Glossary
	J. Spectral Gallery

=== 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 3.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator 3.0 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]

Fumiaki NAGASE, Masanobu OZAKI, Hidehiro KANEDA, Takayuki TAMURA,
Hajime INOUE, Manabu ISHIDA, Yoshihiro UEDA, Ryuichi FUJIMOTO,
Takashi SONOBE, Bunmei MAKINO, Kazuhisa MITSUDA, Tadayuki TAKAHASHI (ISAS)
Kenichi TORII, Mutsumi SUGIZAKI, Kenichi KIKUCHI (NASDA)
Takaaki YOKOYAMA (NAOJ)
Taro KOTANI, Yuichi TERASHIMA（NASA/GSFC）
Yasuo TANAKA, Yasushi IKEBE (MPE)  
Yoko TSUBOI, Yoshitomo MAEDA (The Pennsylvania Srate University)
Hironori MATSUMOTO (MIT)
Shigeo YAMAUCHI（Iwate University）
Nobuyuki KAWAI, Masaaki NAMIKI, Hitoshi NEGORO, Yoshiki KOHMURA (RIKEN)
Takaya OHASHI, Yoshitaka ISHISAKI (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Kazuo MAKISHIMA, Aya KUBOTA, Yasushi FUKAZAWA (Tokyo University)
Shinichiro Uno (Nippon Fukushi University)
Kazumi ASAI (Kanagawa University)
Manabu WATANABE, Yuichi KAMATA, Akihiro FURUZAWA, Yasushi OGASAKA (Nagoya University)
Kazunari SHIBATA, Takako ISHII, Tsutomu TAKEUCHI, Kouichiro NAKANISHI
Katsuji KOYAMA, Takeshi TSURU, Hisamitsu AWAKI, Kenji HAMAGUCHI, Masaaki SAKANO
Jun YOKOGAWA, Kensuke IMANISHI, Masahiro TSUJIMOTO, Mamiko NISHIUCHI (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi TSUNEMI, Kiyoshi HAYASHIDA, Emi MIYATA, Sachiko TANAKA, 
Kiyoshi HASHIMOTODANI (Osaka University)
Masayuki KITANISHI, Kozo SADAKANE, Takeo YOKOO (Osaka Kyoiku University)
Junichi ARIMOTO (Tonan High School)
Kyoko OKADA (SPring-8)
Masayuki ITO (Kobe University)
Yuji NORIMOTO (NAOJ Okayama Astrophysical Observatory)    
Dr. Arthur A. PAGE
Walter H.G. LEWIN (MIT) 
Akira FUJII (Astro-photographer)

[Cooperation]

Masayuki IOROI, Miho UEZONO, Mano SUZUKI, Masami TOSHIYOSHI (Osaka Kyoiku University)

[Cooperation]

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/ISAS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA
Max Planck Institut fur Physik/MPE
NAOJ Okayama Astrophysical Observatory/OAO
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute/JASRI SPring-8
Nagasaki Airport Building Co.
Yokohama Sekijuji Hospital
Kyoto Arima Clinic
Chikatsu Asuka Museum
Okayama Astronomical Museum
Gunma Astronomical Observatory
Osaka University
Osaka Kyoiku University

[Special Thanks]

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

1999.10
Yumi AWANO, Jun FUKUE, Kenzo KINUGASA, Shunji KITAMOTO, Yukiko TAJIMA

All Rights Reserved, Copyright
(C) 1999, Yumi Awano, Jun Fukue, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Yukiko Tajima
(C) 1999, Shokabo Publishing Co., Ltd.