Astronomical Institute at Osaka Kyoiku University (OKU)

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MEMBER

ANNUAL EVENT

• Welcome party (May)
• Festival of the Weaver [Star Vega] party (July)
• Summer seminer (August)
• X'mas and Japanese 'NABE' party (December)
• Farewell party (March)
• Irregular party (anytime O.K.?)

Facilities
Osaka Kyoiku University, Astronomical Observatory 51-cm telescope & CCD camera
* Workstation: quasar, galaxy, galaxy2, cosmos2

Research Topics

• Observational Research:
  Nearby Galaxies, Supernovae, X-ray binaries, Microquasars, Super-Soft X-ray sources, Planetary Nebula, etc.
• Theoretical Research:
  Accretion disks, Astrophysical jets, Radiation hydrodynamics, Stellar dynamics
  
• Others:
  Astronomical education, Astronomical history, Science Fiction in astronomy
  

THESIS

Master Thesis (Fiscal Year 1995-2003)

• Etsuko Kitabatake:
• Keishi Hanamoto:
• Ioroi Masayuki:
• Yasuo Hirai:
• Ken-ya Watarai: Galactic Black-Hole Candidates Shining at the Eddington Luminosity.
  
• Kohji Ando:
• Masao Hachiya:
• Tadahiro Miwa:
• Masamitsu Okugami:
• Kazuhito Tanabe:
• Kaoru Ishikawa:
• Yukiko Tajima:
• Yoichi Watanabe:

• Light Curve Analysis of SS433: Precession Dependence.(1995)
  
• VRI CCD Surface Photometry of NGC2962: the Parent Galaxy of SN1995D.(1995)
  
• VRI CCD Surface Photometry of the Barred Galaxy M109.(1995)
  
• VRI CCD Photometry of the Peculiar Star SS433.(1995)
  
• Surface Photometry of M31 with Wide Field CCD Camera.(1995)
  
• VRI Model Light Curve of SS433.(1995)
  
• Stellar Motion in Barred Galaxies. (1994)
  
• Astrophysical Jets Embedded in the Wind from the Astrophysical Torus.(1994)
  
• Radiative Disk Winds under Rediation Drag.(1994)
  

AFTER GRADUATION

• School teacher (at elementary school, junior high shcool, high school)
• Curator (in the musium)
• Graduate school
• Office worker