LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Honma Lab
Machine-translated · View original
A lab that captures the Milky Way and black holes in radio waves.
AboutAbout the lab
Directly seeing black holes with radio waves
The Honma Lab studies radio astronomy and galactic astronomy.
Using ultra-high-resolution interferometric observations that combine many radio telescopes, the lab works on directly imaging black holes.
The lab also investigates the structure of the Milky Way and dark matter through astrometric observations, which precisely measure the positions of stars.
Prof. Honma belongs to the Mizusawa VLBI Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and serves as the observatory's director.
Key terms
- Radio Astronomy
- A field of astronomy that studies the universe by detecting radio waves arriving from celestial objects
- Radio Interferometer
- A system that links radio telescopes at distant locations so that they work together like a single giant telescope
- Astrometry
- Observations that precisely measure the positions and motions of celestial objects in order to determine their distances and movements
ResearchResearch themes
The lab specializes in radio astronomy and galactic astronomy. It approaches the Milky Way and black holes with two methods: high-precision astrometric observations and ultra-high-resolution radio interferometry.
*Illustrative imageStructure of the Milky Way and Dark Matter
Based on high-precision astrometric observations, the lab investigates what kind of structure our Milky Way has and how dark matter is distributed within it.
*Illustrative imageDirect Imaging of Black Holes
Using ultra-high-resolution radio interferometry, the lab works on directly imaging black holes themselves.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMareki Honma
VoicesStudent voices
Compiled from answers by students who were in the lab. Ratings and reviews reflect individual students' experiences, not the lab's official views.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
On a 4-point scale, ● marks where students' answers fall
Who is this lab for?
What's great about this lab?
What did you learn after joining?
What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
Where do graduates go?
RelatedLabs similar to Honma Lab
Izumi LabFaculty of Science, Department of AstronomyRadio astronomy; active galactic nuclei
Kohno LabFaculty of Science, Department of AstronomyRadio astronomy (millimeter and submillimeter waves / galaxy…
Egusa LabFaculty of Science, Department of AstronomyRadio astronomy / spiral galaxies; galaxy dynamics and star …
Sanhueza LabFaculty of Science, Department of AstronomyRadio astronomy; massive star formation (earliest formation …The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res” Event Horizon Telescope, uploader cropped and converted TIF to JPG / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Structure of the Milky Way and Dark Matter: “Artist's impression of the expected dark matter distribution around the Milky Way” ESO/L. Calçada / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Direct Imaging of Black Holes: “A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarised light (eso2406a)” EHT Collaboration / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (泉研究室): “Artist’s impression of the active galactic nucleus of Messier 77 (eso2203d)” ESO/M. Kornmesser and L. Calçada / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (河野孝太郎研究室): “ALMA antennas on Chajnantor (malin-dsc0027)” ESO/C. Malin / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (電波天文学グループ（江草研究室）
): “M83 - Southern Pinwheel” (Credit) ESO / CC BY 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (SANHUEZA研究室
（Sanhueza Group） ): “ALMA view of the star-forming region AFGL 5142 (eso2001b)” ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rivilla et al. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.