Asia’s largest general purpose optical telescope to be installed in India

Q.  PM Modi will activate Asia’s largest general purpose optical telescope installed at which location?
- Published on 30 Mar 16

a. Devsthal
b. Nainital
c. Dehradun
d. Chandigarh

ANSWER: Devsthal
 
PM Narendra Modi has activated Asia’s largest general purpose optical telescope installed in Devsthal 60 km from Nainital.

The telescope will be activated through Remote Technical Activation when the PM visits Belgium on March 30.

India-Belgium ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences) Telescope will soon be launched.
  • Any telescope undergoes three phases to become fully operational-Assembly, Integration and Verification. The ARIES has completed all the three phases on February 29.
  • The general purpose optical telescope of diameter 3.6 meter and with 150 tonnes will help in the study and exploration of starts, planets, magnetic field and astronomical debris.
  • The mirror of the 3.6 diameter optical telescope has been entirely 'coated' in by the scientists and technicians of ARIES in the coating facility which became operational in January 2015.
  • The second largest 'general purpose' optical telescope is also installed in India in Kavalur by Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. The largest specific purpose telescope in Asia is in China with 4 meter diameter.

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