{"id":93021,"date":"2021-03-06T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T09:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=93021"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:02:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T05:32:46","slug":"india-develops-low-cost-indigenous-spectrograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-develops-low-cost-indigenous-spectrograph\/","title":{"rendered":"India develops Low Cost &#8220;Indigenous Spectrograph&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian scientists indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph named \u201cAries-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph &amp; Camera (ADFOSC)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Spectrograph<\/strong> is an instrument that obtains and records an astronomical spectrum. It separates incoming light by its wavelength or frequency. It records the resulting spectrum in multichannel detectors like a photographic plate for analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Aries Devasthal Spectrograph(ADFOSC):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by: <\/strong>It has been indigenously designed and developed by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences(ARIES). ARIES is an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology(DST).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>The spectrograph can locate sources of faint light from:\n<ul>\n<li>Distant galaxies in a very young universe<\/li>\n<li>Regions around supermassive black-holes around the galaxies<\/li>\n<li>Cosmic explosions like supernovae, young and massive stars and faint dwarf galaxies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>The spectrograph has been successfully commissioned on the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope(DOT). It is located near Nainital Uttarakhand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance of this Spectrograph:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Made in India<\/strong>: It is a Made in India spectrograph. Such spectroscopes were so far imported from abroad at high costs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheaper than imported ones: <\/strong>It is about 2.5 times less costly compared to the imported ones. Moreover, it can locate sources of light with a photon-rate as low as about 1 photon per second.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Largest Spectrograph in India: <\/strong>It is the largest of its kind among the existing astronomical spectrographs in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Setup by: <\/strong>It was set up in 2016 by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>It has been set up for the study of celestial objects at optical wavelengths.\n<ul>\n<li>Celestial objects are any natural body outside the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Examples are the Moon, Sun, the other planets of our solar system among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>It is located at the Devasthal Observatory site near Nainital, Uttarakhand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaboration: <\/strong>The telescope is built in collaboration with the Belgian firm Advanced Mechanical and Optical System (AMOS).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>It is currently the largest reflecting telescope in Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1702133\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news? Indian scientists indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph named \u201cAries-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph &amp; Camera (ADFOSC)\u201d. Note: Spectrograph is an instrument that obtains and records an astronomical spectrum. It separates incoming light by its wavelength or frequency. 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