ARIES Telescope

31st March, 2016

ARIES Telescope

Installed in the Uttarakhand, Himalayas.

Under the collaboration between ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences) in India, and AMOS (Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems) in Belgium. 

Belgium funded 7 per cent of the project whose total cost is estimated to be more than Rs. 120 crore.

It will contribute to observations for several front line scientific applications. 

The optical telescope's mirror has a 3.6 m diameter and it will further research of star structures and magnetic field structures of stars. It is based on Ritchey-Chrétien design

Previously, the Vainu Bappu observatory in Kavalur, Tamil Nadu is home to Asia's largest optical telescope.

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) 

ARIES

It specializes in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Atmospheric Sciences. An autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology(DST), Government of India, the institute is situated at Manora Peak, Nainital. 

The institute was started on 20 April 1954.