Introduction of Chinese Antarctic Optical Telescopes | |
Zhengyang Li1,2![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
2018-07-06 | |
Conference Name | SPIE Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII(vol.10700) |
Source Publication | Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII |
Conference Date | 2018-6-10 |
Conference Place | Austin, Texas, United States |
Abstract |
The site testing shows that Antarctic Dome A is one of the best site on earth for astronomical observations, for wavelength ranging from visible to infrared and sub-millimeter. Continuous observation for nearly four months in polar nights makes Dome A quite suitable for time domain astronomy.
In the past decade CCAA already led a series of Antarctic astronomy activities and telescope projects which will be introduced in this paper. The first generation telescope is Chinese Small Telescope Array known as CSTAR, which was composed of four identical telescopes with 145mm entrance pupil, 20 square degrees FOV and different filters, all pointing to the celestial South Point, mainly used for variable stars detection and site testing. The telescope was deployed in Dome A in Jan. 2008, and followed by automatic observations for four consecutive winters. Three Antarctic Survey Telescopes (AST3) is the second generation telescope capable of pointing and tracking in very low temperature, with 500mm entrance pupil, 8.5 square degree FOV. AST3-1 and AST3-2 were respectively mounted on Dome A in Jan. 2012 and 2015, fully remotely controlled for supernovae survey and exoplanets searching. In Aug. 2017, AST3-2 successfully detected the optical counterpart of LIGO Source GW 170817. Now AST3-3 is under development for both optical and near infrared sky survey by matching different cameras. Based on the experience of the above smaller sized optical telescopes, the 2.5m Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope (KDUST) was proposed for high resolution imaging over wide field of view. Currently the KDUST proposal was submitted to the government and waiting for project review. |
Keyword | Optical Telescopes Antarctic Astronomy Optical Design |
Subject Area | 天文技术与方法 |
Language | 英语 |
Document Type | 会议论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.niaot.ac.cn/handle/114a32/1548 |
Collection | 会议论文 |
Affiliation | 1.南京天文光学技术研究所 2.天文光学技术重点实验室 |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhengyang Li,Xiangyan Yuan,Xiangqun Cui,et al. Introduction of Chinese Antarctic Optical Telescopes[C],2018. |
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