Abstract:
Indian Astronomical 0 bserva,tory, Hanle, is the high
altitude (4500 in above msl) observat.ory operated by the Indian Institute
of Astrophysics, Bangalore. The 2-m Himalayan Chandra
Telescope (HCT) inst.alled in the autumn of 2000 as a first step towards
a national large telescope is operat.ed remotely from Bangalore.
HCT data has resulted in 70 research publications till date, with average
citations of 9.2 per paper. Some of the results are described in
this brief review. The development of this high altitude site has also
attracted other facilities in the area of Very High Energy gamma ray
astronomy using atmospheric Cerenkov technique, and also in earth
sciences.
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