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author He, Min
Wu, Hong
Ge, Liang
Tian, Jian-feng
Wang, Zheng
Mu, Hai-yang
Zhang, Yu
Huang, Yang
Zheng, Jie
Fan, Zhou
Li, Zheng-yang
Gu, Hong-hui
Han, Heng-geng
Xiao, Kai
Li, Zhi-rui
Jin, Jun-jie
Wang, Bei-chuan
Ma, Jun
Zou, Jin-hang
Wu, Ying
Guo, Jiu-peng
Fang, Li-guo
Hou, Zhi-gang
Zhang, Bo-wen
Xu, Yun-fei
Mao, Yi-ming
Liu, Shuai
Ren, Fang-zhou
Wang, Cun-shi
Li, Xue
Wu, Yong-xin
Zheng, Chuan-jie
Lin, Yi-yang
He, Shun-xuan
Xu, Kun
Zhu, Yi-nan
Tu, Zhi-jun
Zhao, Xin-lin
Sun, Yong-kang
Bao, Hua
Sun, Xue-ang
Cui, Ying-zhen
Mou, Lan-ya
Shi, Rui-feng
Shi, Jing-hang
Chen, Xun-hao
Hong, Yu-liang
Huang, Hao-miao
Lin, Zi-kun
Pan, Ze-yang
Zhao, Rui-ning
Cai, Ying-jie
Wang, Rui
Zhang, Jun-bo
Wang, Jin-hu
Zhou, Wan
Li, Sheng-ming
Ren, Jing
Chen, Xiao-han
Li, Xiang-yu
Zhang, Li-yue
Mo, Hao
Zhou, Yu-yang
Wang, Jia-hui
Lv, Bu-hui
Shang, Zhao-hui
Zhao, Yun-ning
Zhang, Jin-lei
Sun, Yue
Liu, Xiao-peng
Han, Zi-jian
Mao, Yong-na
Liu, Ji-feng
author_facet He, Min
Wu, Hong
Ge, Liang
Tian, Jian-feng
Wang, Zheng
Mu, Hai-yang
Zhang, Yu
Huang, Yang
Zheng, Jie
Fan, Zhou
Li, Zheng-yang
Gu, Hong-hui
Han, Heng-geng
Xiao, Kai
Li, Zhi-rui
Jin, Jun-jie
Wang, Bei-chuan
Ma, Jun
Zou, Jin-hang
Wu, Ying
Guo, Jiu-peng
Fang, Li-guo
Hou, Zhi-gang
Zhang, Bo-wen
Xu, Yun-fei
Mao, Yi-ming
Liu, Shuai
Ren, Fang-zhou
Wang, Cun-shi
Li, Xue
Wu, Yong-xin
Zheng, Chuan-jie
Lin, Yi-yang
He, Shun-xuan
Xu, Kun
Zhu, Yi-nan
Tu, Zhi-jun
Zhao, Xin-lin
Sun, Yong-kang
Bao, Hua
Sun, Xue-ang
Cui, Ying-zhen
Mou, Lan-ya
Shi, Rui-feng
Shi, Jing-hang
Chen, Xun-hao
Hong, Yu-liang
Huang, Hao-miao
Lin, Zi-kun
Pan, Ze-yang
Zhao, Rui-ning
Cai, Ying-jie
Wang, Rui
Zhang, Jun-bo
Wang, Jin-hu
Zhou, Wan
Li, Sheng-ming
Ren, Jing
Chen, Xiao-han
Li, Xiang-yu
Zhang, Li-yue
Mo, Hao
Zhou, Yu-yang
Wang, Jia-hui
Lv, Bu-hui
Shang, Zhao-hui
Zhao, Yun-ning
Zhang, Jin-lei
Sun, Yue
Liu, Xiao-peng
Han, Zi-jian
Mao, Yong-na
Liu, Ji-feng
contents The SiTian project, designed to utilize 60 telescopes distributed across multiple sites in China, is a next-generation time-domain survey initiative. As a pathfinder for the SiTian project, the Mini-SiTian (MST) has been proposed and implemented to test the SiTian's brain and data pipeline, and to evaluate the feasibility of its technology and science cases. Mounted at the Xinglong Observatory, the MST project comprises three 30 cm telescopes and has been operated since Nov. 2022. Each telescope of the MST possesses a large field of view, covering $2.29^{\circ}$ $\times$ $1.53^{\circ}$ FOV, and is equipped with $g'$, $r'$ and $i'$ filters, respectively. Acting as the pioneer of the forthcoming SiTian project, the MST is dedicated to the discovery of variable stars, transients, and outburst events, and has already obtained some interesting scientific results. In this paper, we will summarize the first-two-year operation of the MST project.
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spellingShingle The Mini-SiTian Array: first-two-year operation
He, Min
Wu, Hong
Ge, Liang
Tian, Jian-feng
Wang, Zheng
Mu, Hai-yang
Zhang, Yu
Huang, Yang
Zheng, Jie
Fan, Zhou
Li, Zheng-yang
Gu, Hong-hui
Han, Heng-geng
Xiao, Kai
Li, Zhi-rui
Jin, Jun-jie
Wang, Bei-chuan
Ma, Jun
Zou, Jin-hang
Wu, Ying
Guo, Jiu-peng
Fang, Li-guo
Hou, Zhi-gang
Zhang, Bo-wen
Xu, Yun-fei
Mao, Yi-ming
Liu, Shuai
Ren, Fang-zhou
Wang, Cun-shi
Li, Xue
Wu, Yong-xin
Zheng, Chuan-jie
Lin, Yi-yang
He, Shun-xuan
Xu, Kun
Zhu, Yi-nan
Tu, Zhi-jun
Zhao, Xin-lin
Sun, Yong-kang
Bao, Hua
Sun, Xue-ang
Cui, Ying-zhen
Mou, Lan-ya
Shi, Rui-feng
Shi, Jing-hang
Chen, Xun-hao
Hong, Yu-liang
Huang, Hao-miao
Lin, Zi-kun
Pan, Ze-yang
Zhao, Rui-ning
Cai, Ying-jie
Wang, Rui
Zhang, Jun-bo
Wang, Jin-hu
Zhou, Wan
Li, Sheng-ming
Ren, Jing
Chen, Xiao-han
Li, Xiang-yu
Zhang, Li-yue
Mo, Hao
Zhou, Yu-yang
Wang, Jia-hui
Lv, Bu-hui
Shang, Zhao-hui
Zhao, Yun-ning
Zhang, Jin-lei
Sun, Yue
Liu, Xiao-peng
Han, Zi-jian
Mao, Yong-na
Liu, Ji-feng
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The SiTian project, designed to utilize 60 telescopes distributed across multiple sites in China, is a next-generation time-domain survey initiative. As a pathfinder for the SiTian project, the Mini-SiTian (MST) has been proposed and implemented to test the SiTian's brain and data pipeline, and to evaluate the feasibility of its technology and science cases. Mounted at the Xinglong Observatory, the MST project comprises three 30 cm telescopes and has been operated since Nov. 2022. Each telescope of the MST possesses a large field of view, covering $2.29^{\circ}$ $\times$ $1.53^{\circ}$ FOV, and is equipped with $g'$, $r'$ and $i'$ filters, respectively. Acting as the pioneer of the forthcoming SiTian project, the MST is dedicated to the discovery of variable stars, transients, and outburst events, and has already obtained some interesting scientific results. In this paper, we will summarize the first-two-year operation of the MST project.
title The Mini-SiTian Array: first-two-year operation
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01612