Lulin Observatory

Lulin Observatory
Organization	National Central University
Code	D35
Location	Mount Lulin, central Taiwan
Coordinates	23°28′07″N 120°52′25″E
Altitude	2,862 m (9,390 ft)
Weather	~200 clear nights/year
Established	1999
Website www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw
Telescopes LOT 1-m, f/8 Cassegrain SLT 0.40-m, f/8.8 Ritchey-Chretien

Lulin Observatory (Chinese: 鹿林天文台; pinyin: Lùlín Tiānwéntái; literally "Deer Forest Astronomical Observatory") is an astronomical observatory operated by the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan.

It is located at the summit of Mount Lulin, on the border of Chiayi County and Nantou County, near Yushan National Park. In 2007, Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3), which will come nearest the Earth on 24 February 2009, was found by this observatory.

The Lulin 1 meter had its first light in September 2002, after 10 years of development.

Telescopes

• LOT Cassegrain telescope (D=1-m, f/8)
• SLT R-C telescope (D=0.40-m, f/8.8) by RC Optical Systems or 76-cm Super Light Telescope (SLT)
• Four TAOS robotic telescopes (D=0.50-m, f/1.9)

Projects

• Taiwan-America Occultation Survey (TAOS)
• Lulin Emission Line Imaging Survey (LELIS)
• LUlin Sky Survey (LUSS)

See also

• National Central University Lu-Lin Observatory
• List of observatories

References

• W.S. Tsay, B. C. Chen, K.H. Chang, et al., 2001, “The NCU Lu-Lin Observatory”, in Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium 183 “Small-Telescope on Global Scales”, eds. W.P. Chen, C. Lemme, B. Paczynski, ASP.

External links

• Official Website
  • English page
• Lulin Sky Survey (LUSS)
• Quanzhi Ye (Guangzhou) 叶泉志, 广东广州
• Harvard abstract