Asia’s Largest Reflector Telescope- DOT

 

Asia’s Largest Reflector

 Telescope- DOT

The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) built a 3.6-meter reflector telescope (Devashtal Optical Telescope), is the largest reflector telescope in Asia. It is located at Devasthal site 30 Km from Nanital India. Its construction was completed in 2015 and was activated remotely on 31^st March 2016 by Indian Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime minister Mr. Charles Michal.

This telescope is first of its kind in India with three features-

• High resolution Steller Spectro polarimeter
• Charged Coupled device (CCD) Imager
• Near Infra-red Spectrograph

It has active optic system, a wave front sensor, and pneumatic actuators for compensating micro distortions. This is controlled remotely from Bangalore for observing-

1. Magnetic Field Structure of stars
2. Search for planets
3. Chemical composition of Milky way galaxy
4. NIR Spectroscopy and narrow band imaging of galactic nuclei and debris around stars.
5. Optical spectroscopy and high resolved imaging of Binary systems.

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