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The Lulin Observatory (Chinese: 鹿林天文台; pinyin: Lùlín Tiānwéntái, obs. code: D35) is an astronomical observatory operated by the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan.

It is located at the summit of Lulin Front Mountain in Xinyi Township, Nantou County. In 2007, Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3), was found by this observatory, and became the first comet discovered by a Taiwanese researcher.[1] The minor planet 147918 Chiayi was also discovered here.[2]

The Lulin 1 meter telescope had its first light in September 2002, after 10 years of development.[3]

In 2024, the Observatory completed its wildfire prevention efforts via its firebreak. The construction work was initiated back in 2001, though the work only started in 2019 owing to delays. It spans a width of approximately 30 meters.[4]

Telescopes

Operational (7)

  • LOT (Lulin One-meter Telescope) Cassegrain telescope (D=1-m, f/8)[5][6]
  • SLT (Seisi Lulin Telescope) R-C telescope (D=0.40-m, f/8.4) by RC Optical Systems[6][7]
  • LWT (Lulin Widefield Telescope) Harmer-Wayne telescope (D=0.40-m, f/3.8) by Officina Stellare[8] with RiFAst Astrograph system

Co-hosted (in place of the four TAOS telescopes)

  • RoLIFE (Robotic observatory for Lunar Impact Flash Exploration) telescope (D=0.30-m) with Taipei Astronomical Museum[9]
  • LATTE (Lulin-ASIAA Telescope for Transients and Education) telescope (D=0.50-m, f/6.8) with ASIAA[4][10][11]
  • Two RIFT (Robotic Imager For Transients) telescopes (D=0.50-m) with National Cheng Kung University[12][13]

Retired (6)

  • SLT76 (Super Light Telescope) Cassegrain telescope (D=0.76-m, f/9)[6] by NCU and its collaborators
  • Four TAOS robotic telescopes (D=0.50-m, f/1.9)
  • L35 Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope (D=0.35-m, f/8.25)[6]

Projects

Lulin Sky Survey (LUSS)

The Lulin Sky Survey searched for near-Earth objects from 2006 to 2009.[15] The Lulin Sky Survey Telescope,[16] a 16-inch (41 cm) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope with a field of view of 27 arcminutes, was operated remotely from mainland China, with robotic software developed in-house.[17][18] In addition to searching for new objects, the survey refined the orbits of known minor planets and comets, and performed photometric analysis of a subset of objects.[18] The principal investigator, student Quan-Zhi Ye of Sun Yat-sen University, was awarded the 2007 Shoemaker NEO Grant to develop the project.[15] Ye later identified a comet from images collected in July 2007 by collaborator Chi Sheng Lin; the unusual retrograde comet, formally named C/2007 N3, became known as Comet Lulin. It made its closest approach to Earth in February 2009.[19] Over the course of the survey, 781 new objects were discovered, including Comet Lulin and three fragments of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann.[18] The LUSS project benefited from its location at a longitude with few other observatories looking for minor planets.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hirsch, Max (28 July 2007). "Local star-gazer discovers comet". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/28/2003371574. 
  2. ↑ "Minor planet officially named 'Chiayi'". Taipei Times. 17 October 2007. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/17/2003383516. 
  3. ↑ "Lulin Observatory: About". http://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/doc/lulin-poster20030416print.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "鹿林天文台及周邊設施防火帶建置林木移除作業" (in zh-tw). 鹿林年報 (Taiwan: National Central University) (22): 94. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/download/document/AnnualReport/LulinReport2024.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "關於" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory, National Central University. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/about/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "好山好水好宇宙，臺灣展望宇宙之眼： 鹿林天文臺——《蔚為奇談！宇宙人的天文百科》" (in zh-TW). https://pansci.asia/archives/175980. 
  7. ↑ "Seisi Lulin Telescope" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/equipment/slt/. 
  8. ↑ "Lulin Wide-Field Telescope" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/equipment/lwt/. 
  9. ↑ "RoLIFE Telescope" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/equipment/rolife/. 
  10. ↑ "LATTE Telescope" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/equipment/latte/. 
  11. ↑ "列印本頁 - LATTE Lulin-ASIAA Telescope 拿鐵望遠鏡". 親子觀星會. 2022-06-27. https://familystar.org.tw/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=36719.0. 
  12. ↑ "成功大學RIFT啟用" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/about/timeline/id=43. 
  13. ↑ "RIFT Telescope" (in zh-hant). Lulin Observatory. https://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/equipment/rift/. 
  14. ↑ Gibbs, Aidan; Bixel, Alex; Rackham, Benjamin V.; Apai, Dániel; Schlecker, Martin; Espinoza, Néstor; Mancini, Luigi; Chen, Wen-Ping et al. (2020-04-01). "EDEN: Sensitivity Analysis and Transiting Planet Detection Limits for Nearby Late Red Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal 159 (4): 169. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab7926. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2020AJ....159..169G. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Betts, Bruce (16 January 2015). "Sky survey grant helps lead to a space science career". The Planetary Society. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce-betts/2015/0114-sky-survey-meteor-studies.html. 
  16. ↑ "Lulin Observatory". Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University. http://www.astro.ncu.edu.tw/observatory/index_e.php. 
  17. ↑ Yang, T.C.; Ye, Q.; Lin, H.C.; Lin, C.S.; Ip, W.H (23 April 2006). [1.50.ppt "Introduction of Lulin Sky Survey (LUSS)"] (slideshow). National Central University. http://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/Research/CAST2006_LUSS_20060426_v0[1].50.ppt. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Ye, Quanzhi; Lin, H. (September 2009). "An Overview of Lulin Sky Survey". AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #41 (American Astronomical Society) 41: 34.09. Bibcode: 2009DPS....41.3409Y. 
  19. ↑ Rao, Joe (6 February 2009). "Newfound Comet Lulin to Grace Night Skies". Space.com. http://www.space.com/1004-newfound-comet-lulin-grace-night-skies.html. 
  • W.S. Tsay, B. C. Chen, K.H. Chang, et al., 2001, “The NCU Lu-Lin Observatory”, in Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium 183 “Small-Telescope on Global Scales”, eds. W.P. Chen, C. Lemme, B. Paczynski, ASP.

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