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1、Chinals1stlzero-altitude,astronomicalobservatoryputintouseUpdated:2023-08-29()Chinasfirst,zero-altitudeastronomicalobservatorybeginsoperating.PhotoZWeChataccountofOpticsValleyofChinaChina,sfirstzero-altitudeastronomicalobservatory,theMuztagataAstronomicalObservatory,wasrecentlyusedintheXinjiangUygur

2、autonomousregion.TheobservatorybuildingwasindependentlydevelopedandconstructedbyChinaConstructionThirdEngineeringBureauGroupCoandwillcontinuetosupporthigh-altitudescientificresearch.ThecompanyisbasedintheEastLakeHigh-techDevelopmentZone(alsoknownasOpticsValleyofChina,orOVC).Theobservatory,withatotal

3、constructionareaofaround150squaremeters,islocatedneartheKunlunMountains*thirdhighestpeak,theMuztagataRange,makingastronomicalobservation,lodging,andadministrativetasksfeasible.Usingthisobservatory,astronomerswillconductobservationsandresearchinfieldssuchascosmology,starformationandevolution,galaxies

4、,andactivegalacticnuclei.Furthermore,theyareexpectedtocarryouthigh-resolutionopticalimagingobservations,takingadvantageoftheexcellentatmosphericvisibilityconditionsaroundtheobservatory.,Theatmosphericpressureandoxygenconcentrationatthemountaintopisonlyabout55percentofthatontheplain/*saidYeZhiwu,depu

5、tydirectoroftheHigh-AltitudeHumanSettlementEngineeringResearchCenterattheChinaConstructionInstituteofAdvancedTechnology.nThismeansthatastronomersworkinginsuchhigh-altitudeareaswillbeexposedtoaharshenvironmentwithlowpressure,lowoxygenconcentrations,lowtemperatures,andstrongultravioletradiation,*headd

6、ed.High-altitudeareasfeaturelowpressure,lowoxygenconcentrations,lowtemperatures,andintenseultravioletradiation.PhotoAVeChataccountofOpticsValleyofChinaTohelpaddresstheproblem,ChinaConstructionThirdEngineeringBureauGroupCoworkedwithBeijingNormalUniversityandXinjiangAstronomicalObservatoryoftheChinese

7、AcademyofSciences,anddevelopedtheobservatorybuildingusingthepressurized-enc1osuretechnology.Researchersinthebuildingswillfeellikebeinginthezero-altitudeareas,hencetheobservatorysname.Thearchitecturalblueprintofthebuildingwasmeticulouslycraftedtooptimizetheproductivityandwell-beingofscientificprofessionals,particularlythosewhospendprolongedperiodsattheobservatory.