Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO) is an observatory located around 150 kilometres northeast of Beijing, China. It was founded in 1958 and is part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The observatory comprises 5 observing stations. The principal observing site for optical and infrared is called Xinglong.[1]

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Beijing Astronomical Observatory

Alternative names	BAO
Location	China
Coordinates	40°23′44″N 117°34′33″E
Altitude	960 m (3,150 ft)
Established	1958
Website	english.nao.cas.cn
Telescopes	Shaho station (Peking Observatory) Xinglong Station
Location of Beijing Astronomical Observatory
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Facilities

Xinglong

The Xinglong observatory, situated at 960 metres above sea level, contains a 2.16-metre reflector telescope (China's largest), and a 1.26-m infrared telescope.[1]

The planned "LAMOST", or Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope will be located there.[1]

Miyun

There is also a radio astronomy site at Miyun. It comprises 28 dishes, each 9 metres in diameter. It is used for survey astronomy and is called the Metre-Wave Aperture Synthesis Radio Telescope or "MSRT".[1]

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[de] Astronomisches Observatorium Peking

[ru] Пекинская астрономическая обсерватория