The ELT situation in China

Zhong Liu; Xiangqun Cui

doi:10.1117/12.801257

22 April 2008 The ELT situation in China

Zhong Liu, Xiangqun Cui

Proceedings Volume 6986, Extremely Large Telescopes: Which Wavelengths? Retirement Symposium for Arne Ardeberg; 698606 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.801257
Event: Extremely Large Telescopes: Which Wavelengths? Retirement Symposium for Arne Ardeberg, 2007, Lund, Sweden

Abstract

In the last ten years, Chinese astronomers proposed two optical and near-infrared Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) projects, one is 30m Chinese Future Giant Telescope (CFGT) the other is a 30m Ring Interferometric Telescope (RIT). The current status in the development of these two projects and their key technology research and progress are described in this paper. Both of the two plans are the preliminary projects of the National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and finance-supported from the NAOC. The National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) also gives supports to key technology researches of the projects (such as, adaptive optics and high-resolution imaging techniques). In the final part of this paper a brief description is given on the possibility of international cooperation in the development of Chinese ELT. A review is also presented of other two ground-based Extremely Large Projects (ELP), one is Five-hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), and the other is a challenging PANDA (The Prydz bay, Amery ice shelf and Dome A Observatories) project in Antarctica.

Citation Download Citation

Zhong Liu and Xiangqun Cui "The ELT situation in China", Proc. SPIE 6986, Extremely Large Telescopes: Which Wavelengths? Retirement Symposium for Arne Ardeberg, 698606 (22 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.801257

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available