Largest Optical Time-domain Survey Telescope in Northern Hemisphere Goes into Operation  

作　　者：SONG Jianlan 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2023年第3期140-142,共3页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：The new Wide Field Survey Telescope(WFST),located on the summit of Saishiteng Mountain,Lenghu Town,Qinghai Province of China,officially went into operation on September 17th,and released its first-light image-a portrait of the Andromeda galaxy,an object 2.5 million light years away from the Earth.Capable of surveying the whole northern sky in just three days,the 2.5-meter-aperture WFST now ranks the largest optical time-domain survey facility in the northern hemisphere.

关 键 词：SURVEYING GALAXY HEMISPHERE 

分 类 号：P111.44[天文地球—天文学]