Named after | Guo Shoujing |
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Part of | Xinglong Station |
Location(s) | People's Republic of China |
Coordinates | 40°23′45″N 117°34′33″E / 40.395761°N 117.575861°E |
Altitude | 960 m (3,150 ft) |
Wavelength | 370 nm (810 THz)–900 nm (330 THz) |
Built | September 2001–October 2008 |
Telescope style | optical telescope Schmidt camera |
Diameter | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Secondary diameter | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Collecting area | 18.86 m2 (203.0 sq ft) |
Focal length | 20 m (65 ft 7 in) |
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The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), also known as the Guo Shoujing Telescope (Chinese: 郭守敬望远镜) after the 13th-century Chinese astronomer,[1] is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope, located in Xinglong Station, Hebei Province, China. Undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the telescope is planned to conduct a 5-year spectroscopic survey of 10 million Milky Way stars, as well as millions of galaxies. The project's budget is RMB 235 million yuan.