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New Initiatives in Astronomical Facilities in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Li Qibin*
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Beijing, 100080 China, P.R.

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Proposals on future astronomy facilities have been surveyed in China recent years. Among the others, the Large Multi-Object Spectroscopy Telescope (LAMOST) has been cosidered to have higher priority by the astronomical community because of its optimum fit of large aperture and large field of view (POV) in the design. The LAMOST has been approved as a national project this year.