Mitaka
Japanese

News

Feb. 22, 2005 Version 1.0 beta 3 was released. (Update History)
Feb. 16, 2005 Version 1.0 beta 2 was released.
Feb. 1, 2005 Version 1.0 beta was released.

Overview

Mitaka is a software to view various observational data and theoretical models from modern astronomy. By using this software, you can explore space across a huge range of scales seamlessly from the Earth to the utmost ends of our universe. Mitaka was developed in the 4-Dimensional Digital Universe Project (4D2U) supported by Research and Development for Applying Advanced Computational Science and Technology of Japan Science and Technology Agency (ACT-JST).

While Mitaka is optimized for the stereoscopic projection in the 4D2U theater in NAOJ, you can use this software on a single Windows PC.

Hardware Requirements

Followings are recommended hardware for running Mitaka.

[Recommended Hardware]
OSWindows XP
CPUPentium4 2.6GHz or better
Main Memory512MB or more
Graphics CardGeForce 3 or better
Display Resolution1024x768 pixels or more
HD Free Space50MB or more

*) Mitaka can run on Windows 2000 with DirectX8.1 or later. You can download the latest version of DirectX Runtime from here.


[Hardware environment used in the 4D2U Theater]
OSWindows XP
CPUPentium4 3.2GHz
Main Memory1GB
Graphics CardNVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra
Display Resolution1024x768 pixels

About Download

Mitaka is a free software for personal use.

You can download Mitaka from http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/DOWNLOAD/download_E.html.
Please make sure to read the licensing notice in Readme.txt file.

Mitaka is now on beta release. Use this software at your own risk.

At present, English manual is not available. Please read this HTML document.

This `light' version does not include topographical data and illustrations of constellations. These data would be released later.

Feedbacks

Please send us feedbacks via the following feedback form if you have requests or comments to this software, or you find any bugs.

Feedback Form URL
http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/postmail/feedbackform_E.html