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What is i-CAN?


What is i-CAN?

Basic concept     Sites     i-CAN's eye: High-sensitivity camera
Firstlight of i-CAN     i-CAN starts its operation at Yerkes Observatory
First classroom with i-CAN


Members

NameAffiliationRole
Takehiko Satoh Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education Project leader
Kengo Maeda Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education Science education curriculum
Kazumasa Imai Kochi National College of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering i-CAN Rosemary Hill Observatory station manager
Naoki Matsumoto Keio Senior High School, Earth Science Department Usage in senior high school classrooms
Yukimasa Tsubota Obirin University, Core Education Center Science education curriculum
Toshikazu Ebisuzaki RIKEN, Ebisuzaki Computational Astrophysics Laboratory Collaboration with JHOU
Kazuhiko Kawai RIKEN, Ebisuzaki Computational Astrophysics Laboratory Collaboration with JHOU
Hikaru Okuno Japan Science Foundation, Science Museum Hardware system
Kaoru Kimura Japan Science Foundation, Science Museum i-CAN Yerkes Observatory station manager
Seiichi Sakamoto National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, ALMA Project Office i-CAN ALMA station manager
Message from members (Japanese only)
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Materials on i-CAN (Papers, articles, etc.)

These are primarily Japanese-only materials unless otherwise staetd, sorry.

Papers

  1. Satoh, T., Maeda, K., Matsuyama, A., Yamazaki, Y., Tsubota Y., Ebisuzaki, T., Kawai, K., Okuno, H., Kimura, K., Sakamoto, S., & Matsumoto, N. (2005).
    Construction of the Charna Internet Observatory and the Constellation-Camera Project "i-CAN"
    Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University. Natural Science, 54, 103-111  PDF (Abstract in English)

ASJ and workshop presentations

  1. ASJ Biannual Meeting (2005-10-06, Sapporo Convention Center):
    (Y02a) Constellation Camera "i-CAN": Night Sky from Opposite Side of the Earth! Second Stage
    Satoh, T., Maeda, K., Ebisuzaki, T., Kawai, K., Imai, K., Sakamoto, S., Okuno, H., Kimura, K., Tsubota Y., & Matsumoto, N.

TV news and newspaper articles


i-CAN Project
Satoh Lab., Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education