NAYUTA's primary mirror is two meters in diameter. That makes it not only Japan's largest, but also the world's largest mirror attached to a ground-based telescope.

The 60-centimeter diameter telescope also located at Nishiharima Astronomical Observatory Park can capture images of celestial objects approximately 400 million light years away, but NAYUTA is capable of imaging objects as far as 1.5 billion light years away.

Theoretically speaking, with the aid of a CCD camera, it is possible to see objects that are 15 billion light years away, or what we consider the ultimate limits of space. True to its name, which means, “infinitely large number,” NAYUTA has amazing potential.