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IRSF Operation Record:

Detail Observation / Engineering / No observer 2000.9-12 35 / 69 / 18 2001 220 / 60 / 85 2002.1-6 176 / 4 / 01 ------------------------ Total to 2002.6 638: 431 / 133 / 104
IRSF is operated on the basis of the Agreement on Cooperative Activities between Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University and South African Astronomical Observatory.