Introduction of Chinese SONG Telescope

Guomin Wang; Songfeng Kou; Dongsheng Niu; Zhiyong Zhang; Xiang Jiang; Changzhi Ren

doi:10.1117/12.926090

17 September 2012 Introduction of Chinese SONG Telescope

Guomin Wang, Songfeng Kou, Dongsheng Niu, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiang Jiang, Changzhi Ren

Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84445T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926090
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

SONG is initiated by Danish to design, build, and utilize a global network of eight 1-meter class telescopes to be operated as a whole-Earth telescope. China has joined the international SONG project in 2009 and will build one 1-meter telescope as the node of SONG global network in China. Now the telescope is during the period of building. This paper will give an introduction of Chinese SONG telescope, including telescope requirements, telescope design and other information.

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Guomin Wang, Songfeng Kou, Dongsheng Niu, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiang Jiang, and Changzhi Ren "Introduction of Chinese SONG Telescope", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84445T (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926090

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