The Multi-band Survey Telescope at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica
ABSTRACT The Antarctic Plateau is considered to be the best ground-based astronomical site on Earth. Compared with other middle latitude observatories, the telescopes located in Antarctica have unique advantages in seeing a large fraction of clear nights, continuous observing window in the polar nig...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/mnras/stad310 2023-11-12T04:07:54+01:00 The Multi-band Survey Telescope at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica Chen, Chao Li, Zhengyang Yang, Chenwei Han, Zijian Jiang, Xin Liu, Tingting Yuan, Xiangyan Jiang, Peng Ji, Tuo Yao, Xu Chen, Mingfei National Natural Science Foundation of China 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad310 https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/mnras/stad310/49104148/stad310.pdf https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-pdf/520/3/4601/49297222/stad310.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society volume 520, issue 3, page 4601-4608 ISSN 0035-8711 1365-2966 Space and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics journal-article 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad310 2023-10-13T10:56:24Z ABSTRACT The Antarctic Plateau is considered to be the best ground-based astronomical site on Earth. Compared with other middle latitude observatories, the telescopes located in Antarctica have unique advantages in seeing a large fraction of clear nights, continuous observing window in the polar night, and so on. China has operated several generations of telescopes in Antarctica, but has not yet achieved multicolour simultaneous observation with tracking. Multi-band Survey Telescope (MST) is the first multicolour simultaneous survey telescope in Antarctica. It adopts a Newtonian telescope structure which is different from other Antarctic telescopes and is matched with a new alignment scheme suitable for the harsh environment of Antarctica. In addition, MST is equipped with a defrosting indium tin oxide (ITO) window and a high-precision equatorial mount. This paper introduces the optical design, mechanical structure, and analysis of the actual operation of MST in Antarctica. Since March 2022, MST has been carrying out the observation normally in Zhongshan Station, and the operation of MST has provided a new experience for the follow-up design and installation of Antarctic telescopes. We plan to further optimize the design and manufacture of MST, and develop it as a standard model of small-aperture Antarctic telescopes for space debris observations and time-domain surveys. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica polar night Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic The Antarctic Zhongshan ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) Zhongshan Station ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 520 3 4601 4608 |
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ABSTRACT The Antarctic Plateau is considered to be the best ground-based astronomical site on Earth. Compared with other middle latitude observatories, the telescopes located in Antarctica have unique advantages in seeing a large fraction of clear nights, continuous observing window in the polar night, and so on. China has operated several generations of telescopes in Antarctica, but has not yet achieved multicolour simultaneous observation with tracking. Multi-band Survey Telescope (MST) is the first multicolour simultaneous survey telescope in Antarctica. It adopts a Newtonian telescope structure which is different from other Antarctic telescopes and is matched with a new alignment scheme suitable for the harsh environment of Antarctica. In addition, MST is equipped with a defrosting indium tin oxide (ITO) window and a high-precision equatorial mount. This paper introduces the optical design, mechanical structure, and analysis of the actual operation of MST in Antarctica. Since March 2022, MST has been carrying out the observation normally in Zhongshan Station, and the operation of MST has provided a new experience for the follow-up design and installation of Antarctic telescopes. We plan to further optimize the design and manufacture of MST, and develop it as a standard model of small-aperture Antarctic telescopes for space debris observations and time-domain surveys. |
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The Multi-band Survey Telescope at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica |
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The Multi-band Survey Telescope at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica |
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