Devasthal Optical Telescope

It is India’s largest ground-based optical telescope.

The telescope is the product of an Indo-Belgian collaborative effort.

It is going to be operated by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous research body under the Department of Science and Technology.

It will also be Asia’s largest ground-based optical telescope, succeeding the VainuBappu Observatory in Kavalur, Tamil Nadu.