| Name: Saurabh Sharma |
| Affiliation: ARIES Nainital |
| Conference ID: ASI2026_257 |
| Title: 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT): Status and Future Directions |
| Abstract Type: Poster |
| Abstract Category: Facilities, Technologies and Data science |
| Author(s) and Co-Author(s) with Affiliation: Saurabh Sharma(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, Nainital-263001, India), Geeta Rangwal(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, Nainital-263001, India), Ashish Devraj(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, Nainital-263001, India), Jeewan Pandey(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, Nainital-263001, India) |
| Abstract: The 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT), equipped with active optics and located at Devasthal in Uttarakhand, hosts a suite of optical and near-infrared instruments including TANSPEC, TIRCAM2, the 4k Optical Imager, and ADFOSC. Since its commissioning in 2016, DOT has consistently delivered seeing-limited imaging and high-quality spectroscopic data across a wide range of astronomical studies; this presentation reviews its on-sky performance and scientific achievements and outlines future plans for next-generation instrumentation. |
