The Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is one of the most famous observatories in China. Purple Mountain Observatory is the first modern astronomy research institution established by China. Its predecessor was the Institute of Astronomy of the National Academia Sinica, which was established in February 1928. It has a history of 68 years. It is known as the "cradle of modern astronomy in China." Many branches of modern astronomy in China, some major astronomical research institutions and astronomical instrument development institutions were mostly pioneered and developed by the Purple Mountain Observatory. Over the years, it has undertaken a large number of basic astronomical research tasks and national defense and military industry tasks, achieved remarkable results, made outstanding contributions to the development of China’s astronomical undertakings and national defense construction, and enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad.
On March 28, 2017, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was selected by the National Tourism Administration and the Chinese Academy of Sciences as one of the "First Batch of China's Top Ten Science and Technology Tourism Bases". On March 1, 2017, the Purple Mountain Observatory discovered a new comet and named it "Purple Mountain". Facilities and Equipment
According to information on the observatory’s official website in December 2015, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has seven field operational observation stations. Each field station operates a 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope, a 1-meter near Observation equipment such as terrestrial telescopes, space target and debris observation network composed of multiple sets of equipment, H? solar fine structure telescope, solar radio spectrum analyzer, near-infrared solar spectrometer; among them, Delingha Observatory has a mobile submillimeter wave telescope , space debris detection photoelectric telescope and other large-scale astronomical observation equipment. Xuyi Observatory has large-scale astronomical equipment such as 1m/1.2m near-Earth object detection telescope, space debris detection photoelectric telescope and so on.
Library resources According to the official website of the Observatory Library in December 2015, the Purple Mountain Observatory Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has more than hundreds of thousands of books and periodicals (bound volumes and individual volumes). The library is richest and ranks first in China. It is the largest and most complete astronomical library in East Asia. The collection is divided into two parts, astronomical documents and Chinese and foreign subject journals. The museum collects film star maps and astronomical publications on various carriers. It also completely preserves many important Western astronomical serial publications. Many of them have been collected since their inception. It is complete and has important research and reference value. For example, "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" founded in 1827, The Astronomical Journal founded in 1849, Astrophysical Journal founded in 1895 and other core astronomical journals are still full of volumes. . According to information on the official website of the observatory in December 2015, the Purple Mountain Observatory established the "East China Astronomy and Astrophysics Center" with Nanjing University, Shanghai Observatory and the University of Science and Technology of China, and established the "Particle-Nuclear-Cosmology Joint Research Center" with Nanjing University. Cooperation unit. In 2009, it signed the "Nanjing Astronomy and Space Science and Technology Park Cooperation Agreement" with Nanjing University and the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optical Technology of the National Astronomical Observatory; signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Southeast University to jointly develop China's independent Antarctic support platform; and the National Astronomical Observatory , Shanghai Observatory, etc. signed an astronomy talent class agreement with the University of Science and Technology of China to jointly cultivate astronomical talents; and jointly carried out terahertz superconducting detection with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the United States, and the Netherlands Space Research Agency (SRON). Technical cooperation; leading the Sino-French aerospace cooperation SMESE satellite pre-research project. The East Asia Astronomy Conference initiated by Purple Mountain Observatory has become one of the major astronomical exchange platforms in East Asia.
In 2012, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences cooperated with 21 countries (regions) including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Finland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Macao and Hong Kong. There are 11 agreements in progress; about 76 joint papers have been published; and 4 international conferences have been hosted or co-organized, including the "Sino-German Bilateral Academic Symposium on Solar Physics", "2012 Antarctic Survey Telescope International Cooperation Conference", "Terahertz Superconductivity" Detection Technology Seminar", "Galaxy Formation and Large-Scale Structure of the Universe", etc., nearly 60 foreign scholars participated; 3 foreign experts and distinguished researchers were hired (2 new ones); 159 visitors and 152 visitors throughout the year ; It has jointly trained 23 doctoral students with scientific research institutes in Germany, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom; it has 64 full members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).