Clear skies over Tibet’s Ngari observatory

<p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"></span></p><p>The world&#39;s highest-altitude astronomical science station, the Ngari observatory, opened on November 27, 2018 in Ngari, southwest China&#39;s Tibet.</p><p>The observatory and popularization science station is located over 5,000 meters above sea level. It features eight telescopes with diameters of 25 cm to 50 cm.</p><p>Ngari is considered one of the world&#39;s four best places for astronomers to gaze into the faint echoes from the earliest days of the universe, given its thin air, clear skies and minimal human activity.</p><p>Since conditions for astronomical observation here are good, it is an important astronomical observation and scientific research base for China.</p><p>The station is also the world&#39;s highest and most unique astronomical science education base, and will also make full use of internet technology to build an online astronomical science platform.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Source: Renminhao Platform-Dai Jianfeng (CSVA)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Compiled by Zhu Yurou)</span></p>