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20 years of Himalayan Chandra Telescope
October 1 , 2020
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- 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.
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