Himalayan Chandra Telescope

  • Recently, the Himalayan Chandra Telescope, housed within the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) at Ladakh, completed its 20 years in operation.
  • HCT is a 2-m diameter optical-infrared telescope which is also called as the crown jewel of Indian astronomy. It has been used for scanning the space to search a variety of astronomical objects and events.
  • For these observations, research groups are not required to go to Ladakh. They operate the telescope remotely from a control centre in Hoskote, Karnataka.

Use of HCT

  • It is used to observed transient astronomical phenomenon such as stellar explosions.
  • HCT is also used to find new exo-planets which ....
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