Scientific projects of LAMOST

The large sky area multi-object fiber spectroscopic telescope(LAMOST) is one of the major national scientific projects undertaken by the University of Science and Technology of China,together with the National Astronomical Observatory and Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optical Technology.The 4 m large aperture,5 degree field of view and 4 000 fibers make LAMOST the most powerful optical spectrum survey telescope in the world.The scientific goal of LAMOST focuses on extragalactic astronomy,structure and evolution of The Galaxy and multi-waveband identification.The spectroscopic survey carried out by LAMOST will make substantial contributions to the wide research fields in morden astronomy.