Scientific potential of the Indo-Belgian 3.6-m DOT in the field of Galactic Astronomy ...

India and Belgium have jointly established two 4 meter class optical telescopes at Devasthal located in Nainital, India. After successful installation of the 3.6-m modern new technology Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) in 2015, it was technically activated by premiers of both countries from Brussels on March 30, 2016. Since then, the 3.6-m DOT has been used for both optical and near-Infrared (NIR) observations for a number of research proposals. The best angular resolution achieved is 0arcsec4 indicating that the optics of the 3.6-m DOT is good and capable of providing images of the celestial... Mehr ...