The Himalayan Chandra Telescope is located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO)in Hanle near Leh in Ladakh.
It has been scanning the night sky in search of comets, stellar explosions, exo-planets and asteroids.
It operates using delicate satellite communication link from Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology (CREST), IIA (Indian Institute of Astrophysics).
The telescope marked 20 years of successful operation with more than 260 research papers published using data obtained from it.