Discovering the secrets of the universe with LAMOST, China's largest telescope(1/5)

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), also known as the Guo Shoujing Telescope after the 13th-century Chinese astronomer, is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope that is conducting a 5 year spectroscopic survey of 10 million Milky Way stars, as well as millions of galaxies. The project's budget is RMB 235 million yuan. This photo was taken on October 30. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]