Devasthal Telescope assumes global importance 

Devasthal Telescope assumes global importance 

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• The optical telescope set up at Devasthal has assumed global importance for observing important cosmic explosive events such as Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernovae.

Important value additions 

• Devasthal is a mountain peak in Uttarakhand.
• It is a world-class 3.6 m optical telescope. 
• It is Asia’s largest fully steerable optical telescope. 
• Set up by: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous research institute of DST, with support from the Belgian government in 2016.
• It will also be helpful for future optical facilities such as the Thirty Meter Telescope. 

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