MSV-2035 Astronomy Document - Inside Design - FINAL - FINAL

Astronomy & Astrophysics 63 Table 1: Achronological summary of development of Optical-IR telescopes in India and rest of the world. Before 1960 1960–1980 1980–1990 1990–2000 2000–2010 2010–2020 2020–2040 — 1m class telescopes: Japal Rangapur Obs. (1.2m:1968), UPSO-ST (1m:1972), VBO (1m:1972) 1-2m class facilities: VBT (2.34m:1986) 1-2m class facilities 1-2m class facilities: HCT (2m:2000), IGO (2m:2005) 2-4m class facilities: HCT, 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT:2014) 2-4m class facilities: PRL 2.5m(2022), 4m ILMT (2022) 1-5m class telescopes (USA and Europe): 1m Yerkes, 2.5m Mount-Wilson, 5.1m Hale Telescope (Palomar) 4-6m facilities: CFHT (3.6m), UKIRT(3.8m IR), 6m Russian telescope, AAT (3.9m) (USA, Europe, Australia, Canada) 4-6m class telescopes (UK, USA, Australia, Russia, Europe), Hubble Space Telescope (2.4m) 8-10m class facilities: 2 Keck (USA, Canada), 4 VLTs (EU), Gemini South, North (USA, Canada, Chile, Brazil, UK, Argentina, Australia) More 8-10m telescopes: 8m Subaru (Japan), 10m HET (USA, Germany), 11m SALT (South Africa, USA, Europe, India), 10m GTC (USA, Spain, Mexico, ESO) 8-10m class telescopes, Network of 1m class telescopes dedicated for transient surveys and follow-up, 8m wide-field survey telescope (Vera C.Rubin - LSST) 10m Mauna Kea Spectroscopic Explorer, 25-40m telescope facilities: GMT (25m) (USA, Australia, South Korea), TMT (30m) (USA, Canada, Japan, India, China) and EELT (39m) (14 European countries - ESO). Period India Global MEGA SCIENCE VISION-2035