Today, the National Observatory researchers Wei Jian Yin-confirmed to the reporter, technically, the country's most no later than 2020, built on the Moon, Lunar Observatory.
Recently, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, lunar exploration program, Chief Scientist of Ouyang ziyuan in China Science and Technology Museum for lectures, Chang'e 3 will launch the Xichang, Lander placed 7 on the device, including a telescope, using it in an astronomical observation on the Moon is the first time in the world.
Responsible for the development of the telescope built-yin, a researcher at Wei told reporters that the telescope is temporarily named ultraviolet telescope, as our future Lunar Observatory spearheads experimental soldiers.
Observation of the sky on the Moon
A world first
International Journal of Executive Editor in space II-Ho this reporter describes, at present, the world for astronomical observation, many observations and orbits for the Foundation.
Ground observation is well-known in the establishment of the Observatory on Earth, through a variety of astronomical telescope, in response to observed celestial bodies for a long time a variety of picture data monitoring; orbit observation, the most famous is the United States by the Hubble Space Telescope "," "Chandra," etc.
Space telescope is placed above the Earth's atmosphere, through the orbit around the Earth, get the foundation benefits not available telescopes-image will not be affected by atmospheric turbulence of disturbance, depending on the phase of the best has no atmospheric scattering caused by background light, but also observation is the ozone layer absorbs the UV.
"But on the Moon for astronomical observation, observation than rail and into the next. "Wei Jian yin-the reporter said that it was its understanding that the United States on the Moon, carrying a camera size telescope reach to the Moon, but the telescope is too small, and technically advanced than now, and in the next 5 years, have not had a telescope on the moon.
Therefore, my Chang'e 3 portable "ultraviolet telescope on the Moon" for astronomical observation, it can be said that "it is the world's first".
Observatory · advantages
Moon observing environment better than rail observation
"On the Moon for astronomical observations. "Wei Jian Yin-exclusive interview with this newspaper, the reporter said.
Wei Jian Yan said, on the Moon, astronomy telescopes used mainly to observing stars and planets and other celestial bodies, of running through a long observation records thereby derive their variation, conducive to the protection of the Earth and the human space exploration.
At the same time, on the Moon for astronomical observation of the environment, Earth and space orbit has advantages for observation.
Relative to the space orbit observations, on the Moon for astronomical observation benefits are obvious.
Currently in orbit, the United States and ESA, space telescope observations of precision is high, a wide range of observation.
But the disadvantage is that, on the track, telescope running degrees of freedom is high, there is no fixed place, on the one hand, prone to jitter and deflection, on the other hand, most likely affected by space debris impact causing the damage, last year Russia's one observer, collision with space debris was crashing.
Like ours, the telescope on the Moon, Lunar Rover and landing road, jitter, deflection, impact, and so it can be avoided.
Observatory · location
My Observatory was built in the Moon's polar regions in
II-Ho said, Chang'e 3 Lunar Rover on astronomical telescope, will be on the Moon, with some shock, short run, observation and experiment on the application of the test, established the Observatory for the future.
"The future moon base construction in polar regions. "Wei Jian Yin-confirmed.
Wei Jian Yin-told reporters, because the Moon's rotation and orbital direction and period are the same, so the Moon's North and South poles of the polar regions in the area, has been in a State of the solar radiation, not appear like the Poles as the very phenomenon of the polar night.
He added that this telescope in the polar regions, astronomical observation equipment can continue to receive solar energy, thus continuous observation, access to continuous changes in the sky.
This, along with the Chang'e Moon of ultraviolet telescope that will become the future further Lunar astronomical observations spearheads soldiers. Well, technically, the country's most no later than 2020, built on the Moon, Lunar Observatory.
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