MUSTMULTIPLEXED SURVEY TELESCOPE

MILESTONESA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and success comes from accumulated small advances.

RECRUITMENTThe MUST project looks forward to your participation!

The Center for Astronomy Technology Tsinghua University has officially been renamed the Deep Space Technology Center Tsinghua University

On June 6, 2024, the Laboratory Management Office organized a symposium on the renaming of the university-level scientific research condition platform—the Center for Astronomy Technology. The expert panel reviewed the presentation from the Center for Astronomy Technology regarding its application for a name change. ![_symposium on the renaming_](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20240711103917_a6bd655622.jpg) ![ the Deep Space Technology Center Tsinghua University](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/_3873b0b0dc.png) After thorough discussion and deliberation, the attending experts unanimously agreed to rename the Center for Astronomy Technology Tsinghua University to the Deep Space Technology Center Tsinghua University.

2024-06-06

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The MUST team wins the group championship at the Tsinghua DoA Fun Sports Meeting

On October 19th, 2023, the Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University held a unique fun sports meeting. Approximately 90 faculty and students actively participated and were divided into 9 groups to compete in a series of exciting sports events. The atmosphere throughout the sports meeting was enthusiastic, and members of each group participated actively in the competitions. Everyone invested their efforts, demonstrating high-level athletic skills and a spirit of teamwork, which garnered warm applause from the audience. After entertaining and intense competitions, the MUST team ultimately emerged as the first-place winner due to its outstanding performance. Collective strength was fully demonstrated during the games, and the team’s members’ coordinated collaboration earned recognition from other groups. The members of the MUST team feel immensely proud and honored for winning the championship. Team captain Lao Junsen expressed sincere gratitude to all the members for their hard work and selfless dedication, stating that the success of the sports meet was a result of teamwork and cooperation. He hopes that this spirit of unity and cooperation will enhance the team’s cohesion in their work. The fun sports meeting not only improved participants’ physical fitness but also further ignited their enthusiasm for sports and raised their awareness of teamwork. The successful organization of the sports meet provided a platform for faculty and students to showcase their individual skills and teamwork abilities, and also offered an opportunity for mutual exchange and deepening friendships between participants. ![Professor Mao Shude, the head of the Department of Astronomy and the project leader of MUST, giving a speech](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20231115_143200_2f16deff1b.jpg) ![Warm-up activity](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/2ff82d19_a8b1_48fc_bc88_a6b1533662c0_45aa2cd42d.png) ![Scene of the fun sports meeting](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20231115_143217_b28e2b09ad.jpg) ![Professor Mao Shude shooting basketball](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/240_A9095_f2bed33605.png) ![Professor Cai Zheng shooting basketball](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/63d54987_d245_4932_bfa8_4d8311ba9ece_c03cde8a67.png) ![MUST team participating in the “peanut-grabbing” relay race](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/dc159779_10c5_4153_86db_c4c4051ea513_2ead34d3bb.png) ![MUST team receiving the championship prize](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/c7dbfc2d_4b5d_4203_a751_8749cbac3dc4_084c5588fe.png)

2023-10-19

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Professor Stephen Alan Shectman, a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, Visits Tsinghua University to Guide the Work of the MUST Team

From October 7 to November 3, 2023, Professor Stephen Alan Shectman, an outstanding visiting professor at Tsinghua University and a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States , visited Tsinghua. During the nearly one-month period, Steve had in-depth discussions and communications with members of each subsystem of the MUST team, sharing his experience from working on the Magellan Telescope project. He maintained a candid and proactive attitude in technical exchanges. Whether discussing theoretical issues or optimizing technical solutions, Steve always enthusiastically provided assistance and guidance to the team. Despite the differing opinions among team members on technical approaches, Steve always respected others’ opinions and candidly shared his own thoughts. He was willing to listen to different views and showed understanding and support for the team’s decisions, which were made after careful consideration. When interacting with young team members, Steve taught them how to wholeheartedly engage in scientific engineering and encouraged everyone to unite and cooperate with each other. Through the close interaction with Steve, the MUST team further realized that the success of scientific endeavors depends not only on advanced technology and abundant resources but also on sincere and unified collaboration between team members. The MUST team will learn from Steve and take every step thoughtfully, jointly leading the way to new heights in the MUST project. ![Steve guiding the work of the MUST team](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20231115_143045_e95be30f93.jpg) ![Steve participating in a cycling activity with young members of the MUST team](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20231115_143110_33231c0066.jpg) ![Steve and the MUST team participating in the Tsinghua DoA Fun Sports Meeting](https://must.astro.tsinghua.edu.cn/admin(http://localhost:1337/uploads/20231115_143114_edbcfafadd.jpg)

2023-10-07

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Diameter6.5 Meters

Field of View≥5 square degrees

First Light2029

Number of Fibers≥10000

MUST

MUST(MUltiplexed Survey Telescope)

In the past decade, five Nobel prizes were awarded to the field of astronomy and astrophysics, and the whole field shows rapid development. At present, astronomy has entered a new era of multi-messengers and big data, our observations and understanding of the universe will achieve great leap forward in depth and breadth, and may reveal new laws of the universe. Under the leadership of Tsinghua University, we plan to build a MUltiplexed Survey Telescope (MUST) in mainland China. After its completion in about a decade, its spectroscopic survey capability will be more than 10 times higher than the current level. In combination with the future multi-wavelength imaging surveys, MUST is expected to make breakthroughs in many fields including the nature of dark matter and dark energy, gravitational wave cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, enabling China to be a potential leader in the field of ground-based astronomical observations. In addition, MUST will derive great progress in advanced optics, precision machinery, high-performance detectors and other fields. We look forward to cooperating with you!

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