Title: | Introduction of Chinese Antarctic Optical Telescopes |
Author: | Li, ZhengYang(李正阳)1,2 ; Yuan, XiangYan(袁祥岩)1,2 ; Cui, XiangQun(崔向群)1,2 ; Du, FuJia(杜福嘉)1,2 ; Gong, XueFei(宫雪非)1,2 ; Gu, BoZhong(顾伯忠)1,2 ; Li, XiaoYan(李晓燕)1,2 ; Lu, HaiPing(卢海平)1,2 ; Wen, HaiKun(温海焜)1,2 ; Xu, Jin(徐进)1,2 ; Yang, ShiHai(杨世海)1,2
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Issued Date: | 2018-07-06
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Conference Name: | SPIE Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII(vol.10700)
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Conference Date: | 2018-6-10
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Conference Place: | Austin, Texas, United States
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Keyword: | Optical telescopes
; Antarctic astronomy
; optical design
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Subject: | 天文技术与方法
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English 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. |
Source: | Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
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Language: | 英语
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Content Type: | 会议论文
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URI: | http://ir.niaot.ac.cn/handle/114a32/1548
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Appears in Collections: | 中科院南京天光所知识成果_会议论文 望远镜新技术研究室_会议论文 南极天文技术中心_会议论文
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description.institution: | 1.南京天文光学技术研究所 2.天文光学技术重点实验室
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Recommended Citation: |
Zhengyang Li,Xiangyan Yuan,Xiangqun Cui,et al. Introduction of Chinese Antarctic Optical Telescopes[C]. 见:SPIE Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII(vol.10700). Austin, Texas, United States. 2018-6-10.
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