Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope

Yongtian Zhu; Lifan Wang; Xiangyan Yuan; Bozhong Gu; Xinnan Li; Shihai Yang; Xuefei Gong; Fujia Du; Yongjun Qi; Lingzhe Xu

doi:10.1117/12.2055768

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22 July 2014 Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope

Yongtian Zhu, Lifan Wang, Xiangyan Yuan, Bozhong Gu, Xinnan Li, Shihai Yang, Xuefei Gong, Fujia Du, Yongjun Qi, Lingzhe Xu

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Proceedings Volume 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V; 91450E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055768
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

Chinese Antarctic Observatory has been listed as National large research infrastructure during twelfth five-year plan. Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope, one of two major facility of Chinese Antarctic Observatory, is a 2.5-meter optic/infrared telescope and will be built at the Chinese Antarctic Kunlun Station. It is intended to take advantage of the exceptional seeing conditions, as well as the low temperature reducing background for infrared observations. KDUST will adopt an innovative optical system, which can deliver very good image quality over a 2 square degree flat field of view. All of parts of it have been designed carefully to endure the extremely harsh environment. KDUST will be perched on a 14.5-meter-high tower to lift it above the turbulence layer. In this paper, preliminary design and key technology pre-research of KDUST will be introduced.

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Yongtian Zhu, Lifan Wang, Xiangyan Yuan, Bozhong Gu, Xinnan Li, Shihai Yang, Xuefei Gong, Fujia Du, Yongjun Qi, and Lingzhe Xu "Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope", Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 91450E (22 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055768

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