WFST will survey the skies for fleeting astronomical phenomena and near-Earth objects.
China has a new wide-field telescope up and running.
The Wide Field Survey Telescope , which measures 8.2 feet in diameter and is situated in the mountains of northwest China's Qinghai province, entered into operation on Sunday . And for its debut image release, the facility delivered a stunning wide-field, high resolution portrait of our neighboring galaxy,WFST was jointly developed by the University of Science and Technology of China and the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
The telescope is now the largest time-domain survey facility in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the CAS. It features 9k x 9k mosaic CCD detectors, meaning it has a resolution of 9,000 pixels in both horizontal and vertical axes, allowing it to capture exceptionally detailed astronomical images.
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