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Miyata Lab
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The lab builds its own mid-infrared observing instruments to study dust in the universe.
AboutAbout the lab
A universe no one has ever seen, through instruments you build yourself.
The Miyata Lab studies methods for observing the universe in mid-infrared light.
Mid-infrared light is emitted by relatively cool matter, which makes it well suited for observing the surroundings of newborn stars and the dust released by dying stars.
The lab handles everything itself, from developing observing instruments to carrying out observations, and is building instruments to be mounted on the telescope at the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) in Chile.
Ground-based telescope projects run for a shorter period than space telescope projects, so undergraduate and graduate students can take the lead in the research.
Key terms
- Mid-infrared
- Light with wavelengths longer than visible light, roughly 3 to 50 microns. It is emitted by cool matter.
- Dust
- Tiny solid particles, like grains of fine powder, drifting in space. They are the raw material of planets.
- Protoplanetary disk
- A disk of gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star. It is the place where planets eventually form.
- Monitoring observation
- Observing the same object repeatedly to record how its brightness and other properties change over time.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab observes dust drifting in space through mid-infrared monitoring observations with ground-based telescopes. It aims to clarify, with dust as the central thread, how matter changes from dying stars to the birth of planets.
*Illustrative imageTracing the Birth of Planets Through Dust
Dust is the raw material of planets, and is thought to become planets while changing form within protoplanetary disks. The lab investigates how planetary systems form from the viewpoint of dust, including how the dust that serves as their source is produced at the end of a star's life.
*Illustrative imageObserving Instruments for the TAO Telescope
TAO, the infrared observatory that the University of Tokyo operates in Atacama, Chile, has the best atmospheric transparency in the infrared in the world. The lab is developing an instrument for this telescope that can observe a wide wavelength range of 3 to 38 microns.
*Illustrative imageFollowing Changes Over Time in the Mid-Infrared
Observations that follow how celestial objects change over time have rarely been carried out in the mid-infrared. The lab is developing a mechanism that observes two fields of view simultaneously to remove the effects of the atmosphere, aiming to open up "mid-infrared time-domain astronomy."
MembersFaculty
The members of the Miyata Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi MiyataPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorTakafumi Kamizuka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Wolf-Rayet 140 (Webb-MIRI)” NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl/JPL-Caltech / Public domain (cropped)
- Tracing the Birth of Planets Through Dust: “Porous chondriteIDP” The original uploader was Amara at English Wikipedia. / CC BY 1.0 (cropped)
- Observing Instruments for the TAO Telescope: “Tokyo Atacama Observatory 3D” Takanori Uchida, Ryo Araya / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Following Changes Over Time in the Mid-Infrared: “Cassiopeia A infrared echo (complete)” Meli thev / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Motohara Lab): “Hubble-ultra-deep-field-20091208-WFC3-IR-full” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Sako Lab): “The Test-Bed Telescope 2 dome at night (eso2107h)” F. Ocaña/J. Isabel/Quasar SR / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Shimasaku Lab): “Webb's First Deep Field” NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Kwon Lab): “Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334)” ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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