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Amateur astronomer discovers record 100th supernova

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki of Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, is shown in this undated photo. He discovered his 100th supernova on Dec. 13, 2014, the most by someone in Japan, by remote-controlling a telescope set up in Tochigi Prefecture northeast of Tokyo.

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Japan HS awarded at Model U.N. conference in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Ayana Takasa (L) and Nae Itagaki, students at Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen Makuhari Senior High School in Chiba, pose for photos at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on May 17, 2014, after the school received the highest award in the U.N. Human Rights Council category of the Global Classrooms Model U.N. conference, modeled after the U.N. conference.

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Japanese man discovers over 100 supernovas in 35 years

Koichi Itagaki, an amateur astronomer shown in this photo taken in the northern Japan city of Yamagata on Oct. 22, 2014, has discovered more than 100 supernovas, or stellar explosions, over the past 35 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Itagaki Taisuke

Itagaki Taisuke==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)