Xinglong Station (NAOC)
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| February 16, 1982 | |
| February 23, 1982 |
Xinglong Station is an observatory (IAU code 327) situated south of the main peak of the Yanshan mountains in Hebei
Hebei
' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
province, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Installed are seven telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
s: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe
Astrolabe
An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and longitude, surveying, triangulation, and to...
; a 60cm reflector; an 85cm reflector; a 60/90cm Schmidt telescope; an 1.26m infrared
Infrared
Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
telescope; and a 2.16m telescope. The most recent telescope is the 4m LAMOST
LAMOST
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope. Its optics comprise two roughly rectangular mirrors, each made up of a number of 1.1-metre hexagonal deformable segments, providing a focal plane 1.75 metres in diameter corresponding to a...
. It is a popular tourist site.