Qualla: Lulin Observatory https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Lulin Observatory https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory Lulin Observatory: Introduction https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory/ In July 2007, a graduate student named Quan-Zhi Ye was reviewing images captured by a robotic telescope on the summit of Mount Lulin when something caught his eye: a smudge of light moving against the stars in the wrong direction. Comets travel many paths, but this one was in retrograde — orbiting the sun in the opposite direction from almost everything else in the solar system. Ye had found Comet Lulin, formally designated C/2007 N3, and with it wrote Taiwan into the annals of astronomical discovery.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/v/lulin-observatory-wp/wsjv-lulin-observatory-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lulin Observatory: A Summit Built for Dark Skies https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory/ Mount Lulin rises within Xinyi Township in Nantou County, near the famous highland forests of Alishan. The observatory sits at an elevation that lifts it above the low-lying haze that plagues flatter terrain, and its longitude — roughly 120.87°E — occupies a rare gap in the globa...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/v/lulin-observatory-wp/wsjv-lulin-observatory-a-summit-built-for-dark-skies.mp3 0:06 2 full Lulin Observatory: The Hunt That Found a Comet https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory/ From 2006 to 2009, Lulin ran the Lulin Sky Survey, a methodical sweep for near-Earth objects using a 16-inch Ritchey-Chrétien telescope with a 27-arcminute field of view. The telescope was operated remotely from mainland China, with robotic control software built entirely in-hous...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/v/lulin-observatory-wp/wsjv-lulin-observatory-the-hunt-that-found-a-comet.mp3 0:06 3 full Lulin Observatory: Beyond Comets: Exoplanets and Minor Planets https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory/ Comets are only part of the story here. The Exoearth Discovery and Exploration Network, known as EDEN, uses Lulin's telescopes to hunt for transiting planets around nearby late-type red dwarf stars — the faint, cool suns that are now considered among the most promising places to ...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/v/lulin-observatory-wp/wsjv-lulin-observatory-beyond-comets-exoplanets-and-minor-planets.mp3 0:06 4 full Lulin Observatory: Watching the Sky from the Middle of the Island https://qualla.com/lulin-observatory/ There is something fitting about an observatory tucked into the mountain spine of Taiwan. The island's geography compresses an enormous range of environments into a small space: tropical coastlines, subtropical cities, and alpine summits that exceed 3,000 meters. Mount Lulin sits...

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