Ma hope o ka lanakila mua ʻana ma Ianuali 2008, e kūkulu ka poʻe ʻike hōkū Kina i kahi pūnaewele ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā telescopes ma Dome A ma ka piko o ka Pole Hema, i ʻōlelo ai ka astronomer ma kahi papa hana i pau i ka Pōʻalima ma Haining, ka mokuʻo Zhejiang ma Kina.
Ma Ianuali 26, 2009, ua hoʻokumu nā kānaka ʻepekema Kina i kahi mākaʻikaʻi hōkū ma Antarctica.Ma hope o ka kūleʻa mua, ma Ianuali e kūkulu lākou i kahi pūnaewele ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā telescopes ma Dome A ma ka piko o ka Pole Hema, wahi a ka astronomer ma ka symposium.Iulai 23, Haining, Zhejiang Province.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Gong Xuefei, ka mea kilo hōkū ma ka papahana telescope, i ka Taiwan Strait Astronomical Instruments Forum e hoʻāʻo ʻia ka telescope hou a manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokomo ʻia ka telescope mua ma ka Pole Hema i ke kauwela o 2010 a me 2011. .
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gong, he hoa noiʻi ʻōpio ma ka Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics, ʻo ka pūnaewele Antarctic Schmidt Telescope 3 (AST3) hou he ʻekolu mau telescopes Schmidt me kahi puka he 50 kenimika.
ʻO ka pūnaewele mua ʻo ka China Small Telescope Array (CSTAR), nona nā telescopes 14.5 cm ʻehā.
ʻO Cui Xiangqun, ke poʻo o ka China National Aeronautics and Space Administration, i haʻi aku iā Xinhua News Agency ʻo nā mea maikaʻi nui o AST3 ma mua o kāna mea i hana mua ʻia ʻo ia kona puka nui a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka lens orientation, e hiki ai iā ia ke nānā hohonu i ka lewa a nānā i nā kino lani neʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cui, ʻo AST3, ʻo ia ke kumu kūʻai ma waena o 50 a me 60 miliona yuan (ma kahi o US $ 7.3 miliona a i 8.8 miliona), e pāʻani nui i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā papa honua-like a me nā haneli supernovae.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gong i nā mea hoʻolālā o ka telescope hou i kūkulu ʻia ma ka ʻike mua a noʻonoʻo i nā kūlana kūikawā e like me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o Antarctica a me ke kaomi haʻahaʻa.
He anuanu a maloʻo ka ʻāina Antarctic, nā pō polar lōʻihi, haʻahaʻa ka makani makani, a liʻiliʻi ka lepo, he mea maikaʻi ia no ka nānā ʻana i nā hōkū.ʻO Dome A kahi wahi nānā maikaʻi loa, kahi e hiki ai i nā telescopes ke hana i nā kiʻi o ka like like me nā telescopes ma ke ākea, akā ma ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa.