Guo Shoujing's telescope maintains the world's highest total spectral data volume
2026-03-25
On the 24th, the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the LAMOST DR13 data set of the Guo Shoujing Telescope. The total number of spectra reached 30.82 million, exceeding 30 million for the first time, and the number of spectra released by the International Spectral Survey Project continued to rank first. The observation period of the dataset released this time is from October 2011 to June 2025, covering 6961 low resolution observation areas and 3404 medium resolution observation areas. More than 30.82 million spectra have been released, including approximately 13.47 million low resolution spectra and 17.35 million medium resolution spectra. As of now, more than 1900 users from 278 research institutions in China, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and other countries and regions are conducting research using observation data from the Guo Shoujing telescope. They have published over 2200 high-level papers and cited more than 20000 times. In recent years, more than 300 papers have been published annually based on observation data from the Guo Shoujing telescope, with over 40% contributed by Chinese and foreign scholars, demonstrating the strong international influence and scientific value of the telescope's open and shared data. Its overall scientific output has entered the advanced ranks of international 6-10 meter large astronomical telescopes. As the first national major scientific and technological infrastructure in astronomy in China, the Guo Shoujing Telescope has been operating efficiently for 14 years, with a total spectral data volume ranking first in the world for 12 consecutive years, and has built the world's largest spectral database. Based on spectral data on the order of 30 million, astronomers have achieved a series of original results in the fields of Milky Way structure and evolution, compact celestial bodies, stellar physics, exoplanets, and quasars, including revealing the early formation and evolution history of the Milky Way, discovering the chemical remains of the first generation of supermassive stars, constructing the world's first three-dimensional dust extinction map of the entire sky, discovering various types of black holes, and solving the mystery of ultra short period planet formation. It is reported that the Guo Shoujing telescope will set a new starting point with a total spectral survey exceeding 30 million in the future, continue to maintain stable and efficient operation, steadily promote technological upgrading and observation optimization, continuously condense and expand major scientific problems, and make new contributions to the interpretation of the Milky Way for humanity. (New Society)
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Source:Science and Technology Daily
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