Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring or MAGNUM is project started in 1995, and with observations starting in 2000 using 2m reflecting telescope for scientific study of active galactic nuclei. The telescope is run by the University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

 and other Japanese academic institutions. MAGNUM was one of the telescope that observed a cosmic explosion billions of years away in 2005. The telescope is for long-term study of the size of the universe, for example it studied the Seyfert 1 galaxies NGC 5548

NGC 5548

NGC 5548 is a Type I Seyfert galaxy with a bright blue/white core. It is approximately 220 million ly away and appears in the constellation Boötes. This spiral galaxy's apparent magnitude is approximately 10.5. NGC 5548 is estimated to be 100,000 ly in diameter.This galaxy was studied by the...

, NGC 4051

NGC 4051

NGC 4051 is a spiral galaxy. It contains a supermassive black hole inside the center.This galaxy was studied by the Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring 2m telescope. -External links:...

, NGC 3227

NGC 3227

NGC 3227 is a spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. The two galaxies are one of several examples of a spiral with a dwarf elliptical companion that are listed in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies...

, and NGC 7469 

The telescope can view optical-infrared (near infrared0 and is located at the Haleakala Observatory

Haleakala Observatory

The Haleakala High Altitude Observatory site, on the Island of Maui is the site of Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory. At elevation, Haleakala is above one third of the Earth's atmosphere...

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