Newly Installed Radio and Optical Telescopes in China

Abstract

New radio and optical telescopes installed in recent years in China are summarised. These include the 2.16-m optical telescope, the solar magnetic field telescope, the Miyun synthesis radio telescope, the 1.26-m infrared telescope (Beijing Astronomical Observatory), the 25-m radio telescope as the first station of China’s VLBI network, the 1.56-m astrometric telescope (Shanghai Observatory), and the 13.7-m millimetre wave radio telescope.