Research team group for exoplanet detecting and high resolution imaging of NIAOT has successfully obtained future three nights observation time of 5-meter Hale telescope at the Palomar Observatory through Telescope Access Program (Semester 2018B).

The Telescope Access Program (TAP) is a program to give astronomers based in China direct access to competitive instrumentation on intermediate- and large-aperture optical/infrared telescopes.

The team group will arrive at Palomar Observatory in January 2019 to observe dozens of star using the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system of the Hale telescope and PHARO(infrared K-band camera) for detecting potential explanets by direct imaging technology.

The observation plan strongly recommended by the reviewers was approved because it indicates the direction of direct imaging of the exoplanets for 4 m telescope of its kind.

PI of the observation program is Pro. Ren Deqing, Co-Pis are Zhu Yongtian, Zhao Gang, Dou Jiangpei, Zhang Xi, Guo Jing.

This is the first time that the research team group obtained the observation time through public application, which indicates that the research team group has been recognized by the astronomical community in the field of observation of exoplanets.