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A Global Prospective of the Indian Optical and Near-Infrared Observational Facilities in the Field of Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Review

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dc.contributor.author Sagar, R
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-12T15:09:08Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-12T15:09:08Z
dc.date.issued 2017-03
dc.identifier.citation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 1-10 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2250-1762
dc.identifier.uri http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/6958
dc.description Restricted Access © The National Academy of Sciences, India The original publication is available at springerlink.com https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-016-0287-8 en_US
dc.description.abstract A review of modernization and growth of ground based optical and near-infrared astrophysical observational facilities in the globe attributed to the recent technological developments in opto-mechanical, electronics and computer science areas is presented. Hubble Space Telescope and speckle and adaptive ground based imaging have obtained images better than 0.1 arc sec angular resolution bringing the celestial objects closer to us at least by a factor of 10 during the last two decades. From the light gathering point of view, building of large size ([5 m aperture) ground based optical and near-infrared telescopes based on latest technology have become economical in recent years. Consequently, in the world, a few 8–10 m size ground-based optical and near-infrared telescopes are being used for observations of the celestial objects, three 25–40 m size are under design stage and making of a *100 m size telescope is under planning stage. In India, the largest sized optical and near-infrared telescope is the modern 3.6-m located at Devasthal, Nainital. However, the existing Indian moderate size telescopes equipped with modern backend instruments have global importance due to their geographical location. Recently, the Government of India approved India’s participation in the thirty meter telescope project. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer India en_US
dc.subject Optical and near-infrared telescopes en_US
dc.subject Multi-wavelength astronomy en_US
dc.subject Observational astronomy en_US
dc.subject Technological developments en_US
dc.title A Global Prospective of the Indian Optical and Near-Infrared Observational Facilities in the Field of Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Review en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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