the National Natural Science Foundation of China (GrantNos. 10573022, 10973015 and 11061120454);that Heidi J. Newberg from RPI and her team PLUS (Participating LAMOST, US) have made substantial contributions in designing the survey under the support of the US National Science Foundation through grant AST-09-37523
LAMOST (Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) is a Chinese national scientific research facility operated by National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). After two ...
partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10573022, 10973015, 11061120454and 11243003);the US National Science Foundation through grant AST-09-37523
We describe the current plans for a spectroscopic survey of millions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy using the Guo Shou Jing Telescope (GSJT, formerly calledthe Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telesc...
supported by the US National Science Foundation, through grant AST-09-37523;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10573022, 10973015 and 11061120454);the Chinese Academy of Sciences through grant GJHZ 200812;S. L. is supported by the US National Science Foundation grant AST-09-08419
We describe a general target selection algorithm that is applicable to any survey in which the number of available candidates is much larger than the number of objects to be observed. This routine aims to achieve a ba...
partially supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences through grant GJHZ 200812;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11243003, 10573022,10973015 and 11061120454);the US National Science Foundation, through grant AST-09-37523
The weather at the Xinglong Observing Station, where the Guo Shou Jing Telescope (GSJT) is located, is strongly affected by the monsoon climate in north- east China. The LAMOST survey strategy is constrained by thes...
partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos. 10573022, 10973015 and 11061120454);the US National Science Foundation through AST grant 09-37523;The Chinese Academy of Sciences is acknowledged for providing the initial support through grant GJHZ 200812
We outline the design of the dark nights portion of the LAMOST Pilot Survey, which began observations in 2011 October. In particular, we focus on Milky Way stellar candidates that are targeted for the LEGUE (LAMOST E...
partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10573022, 10973015 and 11061120454);the Chinese Academy of Sciences through grant GJHZ 20081;the US National Science Foundation through grant AST-09-37523
We describe the footprint and input catalog for bright nights in the LAMOST Pilot Survey, which began in October 2011. Targets are selected from two stripes in the north and south Galactic Cap regions, centered at δ ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10973015,10773015 and 11061120454)
A grid of binary evolution models are calculated for the study of a blue straggler (BS) population in intermediate age (log Age = 7.85 - 8.95) star clusters. The BS formation via mass transfer and merging is studi...