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[69]    R. Sagar, R. K. S. Yadav, S. B. Pandey, S. Sharma, S. Lata, and S. Joshi. Optical Observations of star clusters NGC 1513 and NGC 4147; white dwarf WD1145+017 and K band imaging of star forming region Sh2-61 with the 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:2201.08285, Jan. 2022, 2201.08285.

[68]    N. Panwar, A. Kumar, and S. B. Pandey. Deep V and I CCD photometry of young star cluster NGC 1893 with the 3.6m DOT. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 43(1):7, June 2022, 2111.11796.

[67]    V. Kumar, M. K. Srivastava, D. P. K. Banerjee, C. E. Woodward, U. Munari, A. Evans, V. Joshi, S. Dallaporta, and K. L. Page. Optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of Nova V2891 Cygni: evidence for shock-induced dust formation. MNRAS, 510(3):4265–4283, Mar. 2022, 2112.13425.

[66]    A. Ghosh, S. Sharma, J. P. Ninan, D. K. Ojha, B. C. Bhatt, S. Kanodia, S. Mahadevan, G. Stefansson, R. K. Yadav, A. S. Gour, R. Pandey, T. Sinha, N. Panwar, J. P. Wisniewski, C. I. Cañas, A. S. J. Lin, A. Roy, F. Hearty, L. Ramsey, P. Robertson, and C. Schwab. Gaia 20eae: A Newly Discovered Episodically Accreting Young Star. ApJ, 926(1):68, Feb. 2022, 2112.01717.

[65]    A. Dutta, D. K. Sahu, G. C. Anupama, S. Joharle, B. Kumar, A. J. Nayana, A. Singh, H. Kumar, V. Bhalerao, and S. Barway. SN 2020sck: Deflagration in a Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarf. ApJ, 925(2):217, Feb. 2022, 2111.01226.

[64]    Dimple, K. Misra, A. Ghosh, K. G. Arun, R. Gupta, A. Kumar, L. Resmi, S. B. Pandey, and L. Yadav. GRB 210217A: A short or a long GRB? arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:2202.01191, Feb. 2022, 2202.01191.

[63]    K. Chand, Gopal-Krishna, A. Omar, H. Chand, S. Mishra, P. S. Bisht, and S. Britzen. Intranight variability of ultraviolet emission from powerful blazars. MNRAS, 511(1):13–18, Mar. 2022, 2112.04516.

[62]    B. Sicardy, N. M. Ashok, A. Tej, G. Pawar, S. Deshmukh, A. Deshpande, S. Sharma, J. Desmars, M. Assafin, J. L. Ortiz, G. Benedetti-Rossi, F. Braga-Ribas, R. Vieira-Martins, P. Santos-Sanz, K. Chand, and B. C. Bhatt. Pluto’s Atmosphere in Plateau Phase Since 2015 from a Stellar Occultation at Devasthal. ApJL, 923(2):L31, Dec. 2021, 2112.07764.

[61]    S. B. Pandey, A. Kumar, B. Kumar, G. C. Anupama, S. Srivastav, D. K. Sahu, J. Vinko, A. Aryan, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti, L. Tomasella, A. Singh, A. S. Moskvitin, V. V. Sokolov, R. Gupta, K. Misra, P. Ochner, and S. Valenti. Photometric, polarimetric, and spectroscopic studies of the luminous, slow-decaying Type Ib SN 2012au. MNRAS, 507(1):1229–1253, Oct. 2021, 2106.15856.

[60]    A. Kumar, S. B. Pandey, A. Singh, R. K. S. Yadav, B. K. Reddy, N. Nanjappa, S. Yadav, and R. Srinivasan. Photometric calibrations and characterization of the 4Kx4K CCD Imager, the first-light axial port instrument for the 3.6m DOT. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:2111.13018, Nov. 2021, 2111.13018.

[59]    A. Kumar, B. Kumar, S. B. Pandey, D. K. Sahu, A. Singh, G. C. Anupama, A. Aryan, R. Gupta, A. Dutta, and K. Misra. SN 2020ank: a bright and fast-evolving H-deficient superluminous supernova. MNRAS, 502(2):1678–1693, Apr. 2021, 2012.15251.

[58]    R. Gupta, S. R. Oates, S. B. Pandey, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. C. Joshi, Y. D. Hu, A. F. Valeev, B. B. Zhang, Z. Zhang, A. Kumar, A. Aryan, A. Lien, B. Kumar, C. Cui, C. Wang, Dimple, D. Bhattacharya, E. Sonbas, J. Bai, J. C. Tello, J. Gorosabel, J. M. Castro Cerón, J. R. F. Porto, K. Misra, M. De Pasquale, M. D. Caballero-García, M. Jelínek, P. Kubánek, P. Y. Minaev, R. Cunniffe, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, S. Guziy, S. Jeong, S. N. Tiwari, S. Razzaque, V. Bhalerao, V. C. Pintado, V. V. Sokolov, X. Zhao, Y. Fan, and Y. Xin. GRB 140102A: insight into prompt spectral evolution and early optical afterglow emission. MNRAS, 505(3):4086–4105, Aug. 2021, 2105.13145.

[57]    R. Gupta, A. Kumar, S. Bhushan Pandey, A. J. Castro-Tirado, A. Ghosh, Dimple, Y. D. Hu, E. Fernández-García, M. D. Caballero-García, M. Á. Castro-Tirado, R. P. Hedrosa, I. Hermelo, I. Vico, K. Misra, B. Kumar, A. Aryan, and S. Nath Tiwari. Revealing nature of GRB 210205A, ZTF21aaeyldq (AT2021any), and follow-up observations with the 4K×4K CCD Imager+3.6m DOT. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:2111.11795, Nov. 2021, 2111.11795.

[56]    S. Ghosh, D. K. Ojha, S. Sharma, and M. B. Naik. TIFR Treasures for Astronomy from Ground to Space. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:2112.04877, Dec. 2021, 2112.04877.

[55]    A. Aryan, S. B. Pandey, W. Zheng, A. V. Filippenko, J. Vinko, R. Ouchi, I. Shivvers, H. Yuk, S. Kumar, S. Stegman, G. Halevi, T. W. Ross, C. Gould, S. Yunus, R. Baer-Way, A. deGraw, K. Maeda, D. Bhattacharya, A. Kumar, R. Gupta, A. P. Yadav, D. A. H. Buckley, K. Misra, and S. N. Tiwari. Progenitor mass constraints for the type Ib intermediate-luminosity SN 2015ap and the highly extinguished SN 2016bau. MNRAS, 505(2):2530–2547, Aug. 2021, 2105.05088.

[54]    B. Arora, J. C. Pandey, M. De Becker, S. B. Pandey, N. K. Chakradhari, S. Sharma, and B. Kumar. Quest for the Upcoming Periastron Passage of an Episodic Dust Maker and Particle-accelerating Colliding-wind Binary: WR 125. AJ, 162(6):257, Dec. 2021, 2109.12365.

[53]    S. Sharma, A. Ghosh, D. K. Ojha, R. Pandey, T. Sinha, A. K. Pandey, S. K. Ghosh, N. Panwar, and S. B. Pandey. The disintegrating old open cluster Czernik 3. MNRAS, 498(2):2309–2322, Oct. 2020, 2008.04102.

[52]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, and S. Sharma. Observations with the 3.6-meter Devasthal optical telescope. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 41(1):33, Dec. 2020, 2010.02515.

[51]    A. Richichi, S. Sharma, T. Sinha, R. Pandey, A. Ghosh, D. K. Ojha, A. K. Pandey, and M. B. Naik. Further milliarcsecond resolution results on cool giants and binary stars from lunar occultations at Devashtal. MNRAS, 498(2):2263–2269, Oct. 2020, 2008.03459.

[50]    T. Bangia and W. Uddin. Sustaining mechanical systems of 3.6m optical telescope at Devasthal, India. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, volume 11445 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 114452O, Dec. 2020.

[49]    R. K. Anand, S. Rastogi, B. Kumar, A. Ghosh, S. Sharma, D. K. Ojha, and S. K. Ghosh. Detection of PAH and nbL features in planetary nebulae NGC 7027 and BD +303639 with TIRCAM2 instrument on 3.6 m DOT. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 41(1):27, Nov. 2020, 2010.01411.

[48]    D. Sluse. Strong lensing studies with the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope: opportunities and challenges. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 88:152–157, Oct. 2019.

[47]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, and A. Subramaniam. Scientific potential of the Indo-Belgian 3.6-m DOT in the field of Galactic Astronomy. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 88:70–81, Oct. 2019, 1905.11840.

[46]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, and A. Omar. The 3.6 meter Devasthal Optical Telescope: From inception to realisation. Current Science, 117:365–381, May 2019, 1905.12896.

[45]    S. B. Pandey, Y. Hu, A. J. Castro-Tirado, A. S. Pozanenko, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, J. Gorosabel, S. Guziy, M. Jelinek, J. C. Tello, S. Jeong, S. R. Oates, B. B. Zhang, E. D. Mazaeva, A. A. Volnova, P. Y. Minaev, H. J. van Eerten, M. D. Caballero-García, D. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Bremer, J. M. Winters, I. H. Park, A. N. Guelbenzu, S. Klose, A. Moskvitin, V. V. Sokolov, E. Sonbas, A. Ayala, J. Cepa, N. Butler, E. Troja, A. M. Chernenko, S. V. Molkov, A. E. Volvach, R. Y. Inasaridze, S. A. Egamberdiyev, O. Burkhonov, I. V. Reva, K. A. Polyakov, A. A. Matkin, A. L. Ivanov, I. Molotov, T. Guver, A. M. Watson, A. Kutyrev, W. H. Lee, O. Fox, O. Littlejohns, A. Cucchiara, J. Gonzalez, M. G. Richer, C. G. Román-Zúñiga, N. R. Tanvir, J. S. Bloom, J. X. Prochaska, N. Gehrels, H. Moseley, J. A. de Diego, E. Ramírez-Ruiz, E. V. Klunko, Y. Fan, X. Zhao, J. Bai, C. Wang, Y. Xin, C. Cui, N. Tungalag, Z. K. Peng, A. Kumar, R. Gupta, A. Aryan, B. Kumar, L. N. Volvach, G. P. Lamb, and A. F. Valeev. A multiwavelength analysis of a collection of short-duration GRBs observed between 2012 and 2015. MNRAS, 485(4):5294–5318, June 2019, 1902.07900.

[44]    J. C. Pandey, J. Pant, and Y. C. Joshi. A high-resolution spectrograph for the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope of ARIES. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 88:43–54, Oct. 2019.

[43]    G. Orban de Xivry, O. Absil, and V. Moreau. A sharp future for the 3.6-m DOT? The power of adaptive optics for medium size telescopes. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 88:55–64, Oct. 2019.

[42]    A. Omar, A. Saxena, K. Chand, A. Paswan, H. J. A. Röttgering, K. J. Duncan, T. S. Kumar, B. Krishnareddy, and J. Pant. Optical detection of a GMRT-detected candidate high-redshift radio galaxy with 3.6-m Devasthal optical telescope. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 40(2):9, Apr. 2019, 1902.05856.

[41]    A. Omar, B. K. Reddy, T. Kumar, and J. Pant. Global performance and capabilities of the instruments on the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 88:31–42, Oct. 2019, 1908.02531.

[40]    A. Omar, T. S. Kumar, B. Krishna Reddy, J. Pant, and M. Mahto. First-light images from low dispersion spectrograph-cum-imager on 3.6-meter Devasthal Optical Telescope. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:1902.05857, Feb. 2019, 1902.05857.

[39]    S. Lata, A. K. Pandey, J. C. Pandey, R. K. S. Yadav, S. B. Pandey, A. Gupta, T. Bangia, H. Chand, M. K. Jaiswar, Y. C. Joshi, M. Joshi, B. Kumar, T. S. Kumar, B. J. Medhi, K. Misra, N. Nanjappa, J. Pant, Purushottam, B. Krishna Reddy, S. Sahu, S. Sharma, W. Uddin, and S. Yadav. VR CCD Photometry of Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 4147. AJ, 158(1):51, July 2019, 1905.08249.

[38]    R. Dastidar, K. Misra, M. Singh, D. K. Sahu, A. Pastorello, A. Gangopadhyay, L. Tomasella, S. Benetti, G. Terreran, P. Sanwal, B. Kumar, A. Singh, B. Kumar, G. C. Anupama, and S. B. Pandey. SN 2016B a.k.a. ASASSN-16ab: a transitional Type II supernova. MNRAS, 486(2):2850–2872, June 2019, 1904.01844.

[37]    S. B. Pandey, R. K. S. Yadav, N. Nanjappa, S. Yadav, B. K. Reddy, S. Sahu, and R. Srinivasan. First-light instrument for the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope: 4Kx4K CCD Imager. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 87:42–57, Apr. 2018.

[36]    D. Ojha, S. K. Ghosh, S. Sharma, A. K. Pandey, T. Baug, J. P. Ninan, B. Kumar, M. Puravankara, S. D’Costa, M. Naik, S. Poojari, S. Bhagat, R. Jadhav, G. Meshram, P. Sandimani, S. Gharat, and C. Bakalkar. Prospects for star formation studies with infrared instruments (TIRCAM2 and TANSPEC) on the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 87:58–67, Apr. 2018.

[35]    B. Kumar, A. Omar, G. Maheswar, A. K. Pandey, R. Sagar, W. Uddin, B. B. Sanwal, T. Bangia, T. S. Kumar, S. Yadav, S. Sahu, J. Pant, B. K. Reddy, A. C. Gupta, H. Chand, J. C. Pandey, M. K. Joshi, M. Jaiswar, N. Nanjappa, Purushottam, R. K. S. Yadav, S. Sharma, S. B. Pandey, S. Joshi, Y. C. Joshi, S. Lata, B. J. Mehdi, K. Misra, and M. Singh. 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope Project: Completion and first results. Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 87:29–41, Apr. 2018.

[34]    T. Baug, D. K. Ojha, S. K. Ghosh, S. Sharma, A. K. Pandey, B. Kumar, A. Ghosh, J. P. Ninan, M. B. Naik, S. L. A. D’Costa, S. S. Poojary, P. R. Sandimani, H. Shah, B. Krishna Reddy, S. B. Pandey, and H. Chand. TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera-II on the 3.6 m Devasthal Optical Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 7(1):1850003–1881, Mar. 2018, 1802.05008.

[33]    R. Sagar. A Global Prospective of the Indian Optical and Near-Infrared Observational Facilities in the Field of Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Review. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy Part A, 87:1–10, Mar. 2017, 1607.06455.

[32]    S. B. Pandey. The 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope and time domain astronomy. In SN 1987A, Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy, volume ISBN 978-5-94274-327-7 of Proceedings of The International Conference, 2017.

[31]    A. Omar, B. Kumar, M. Gopinathan, and R. Sagar. Scientific capabilities and advantages of the 3.6 meter optical telescope at Devasthal, Uttarakhand. Current Science, 113(4):682, Aug. 2017, 1710.01050.

[30]    S. B. Pandey. Study of new optical transients using 3.6m DOT at Devasthal Nainital. In Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, volume 48 of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, pages 83–88, Dec. 2016.

[29]    N. Ninane, C. Bastin, C. Flebus, and B. Kumar. The 3.6m Indo-Belgian Devasthal Optical Telescope: performance results on site. In H. J. Hall, R. Gilmozzi, and H. K. Marshall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, volume 9906 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 99064E, July 2016.

[28]    T. S. Kumar, C. Bastin, and B. Kumar. Characterization of friction in the 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope. In H. J. Hall, R. Gilmozzi, and H. K. Marshall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, volume 9906 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 99063X, July 2016.

[27]    M. Gopinathan, S. Sahu, S. Yadava, P. Jangid, B. J. Medhi, P. Rao, B. Kumar, A. Omar, and W. Uddin. Synchronization of off-centered dome and 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope. In G. Chiozzi and J. C. Guzman, editors, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, volume 9913 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 99134O, July 2016.

[26]    K. R. Bheemireddy, M. Gopinathan, J. Pant, A. Omar, B. Kumar, W. Uddin, and N. Kumar. The first aluminum coating of the 3700mm primary mirror of the Devasthal Optical Telescope. In H. J. Hall, R. Gilmozzi, and H. K. Marshall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, volume 9906 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 990644, July 2016.

[25]    T. Bangia, S. Yadava, B. Kumar, A. S. Ghanti, and P. M. Hardikar. Customized overhead cranes for installation of India’s largest 3.6m optical telescope at Devasthal, Nainital, India. In H. J. Hall, R. Gilmozzi, and H. K. Marshall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, volume 9906 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 990620, July 2016.

[24]    B. Kumar. The 3.6m Devashal Optical Telescope Project : Current Status. In Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, volume 12 of Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, pages 73–76, Jan. 2015.

[23]    H. Chung, A. N. Ramaprakash, A. Omar, S. Ravindranath, S. Chattopadhyay, C. V. Rajarshi, and P. Khodade. DOTIFS: a new multi-IFU optical spectrograph for the 3.6-m Devasthal optical telescope. In S. K. Ramsay, I. S. McLean, and H. Takami, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, volume 9147 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 91470V, July 2014, 1810.03614.

[22]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, and A. Omar. Optical Astronomical Facilities at Nainital, India. arXiv e-prints, page arXiv:1304.0235, Mar. 2013, 1304.0235.

[21]    A. P. Semenov. Accomplished the task of production of primary and secondary mirrors of Devasthal Optical Telescope under the project ARIES (India, Belgium, Russia): fabrication features. In R. Navarro, C. R. Cunningham, and E. Prieto, editors, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, volume 8450 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84504R, Sept. 2012.

[20]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, A. Omar, and A. K. Pandey. New optical telescope projects at Devasthal Observatory. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84441T, Sept. 2012, 1304.2474.

[19]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, A. Omar, and Y. C. Joshi. New optical telescopes at Devasthal observatory : 1.3-m installed and 3.6-m upcoming. In Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, volume 4 of Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, page 173, Jan. 2012.

[18]    R. R. Pillai, K. Sanjith K., K. Mohanachandran, N. Sakhamuri, V. Shukla, and A. Gupta. Design, development, and manufacturing of highly advanced and cost effective aluminium sputtering plant for large area telescopic mirrors. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 844428, Sept. 2012.

[17]    M. Pierard, C. Flebus, and N. Ninane. The 3,6m Indo-Belgian Devasthal Optical: the active M1 mirror support. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84444V, Sept. 2012.

[16]    A. K. Pandey, V. Shukla, T. Bangia, R. D. Raskar, R. R. Kulkarni, and A. S. Ghanti. Enclosure design for the ARIES 3.6m optical telescope. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 844441, Sept. 2012.

[15]    A. Omar, R. K. S. Yadav, V. Shukla, S. Mondal, and J. Pant. Design of FOSC for 360-cm Devasthal Optical Telescope. In I. S. McLean, S. K. Ramsay, and H. Takami, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, volume 8446 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 844614, Sept. 2012.

[14]    N. Ninane, C. Flebus, and B. Kumar. The 3,6 m Indo-Belgian Devasthal Optical Telescope: general description. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84441V, Sept. 2012.

[13]    N. Ninane, C. Bastin, J. de Ville, F. Michel, M. Pierard, E. Gabriel, C. Flebus, and A. Omar. The 3,6 m Indo-Belgian Devasthal Optical Telescope: assembly, integration and tests at AMOS. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84442U, Sept. 2012.

[12]    E. Gabriel, C. Bastin, and M. Piérard. The 3,6 m optical telescope for ARIES: the control system. In N. M. Radziwill and G. Chiozzi, editors, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II, volume 8451 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 845128, Sept. 2012.

[11]    J. de Ville, M. Piérard, and C. Bastin. The 3,6 m Indo-Belgian Devasthal Optical Telescope: the hydrostatic azimuth bearing. In L. M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, and H. J. Hall, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, volume 8444 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 84443Z, Sept. 2012.

[10]    R. Sagar, B. Kumar, A. Omar, and A. K. Pandey. New initiatives in optical astronomy at ARIES. In Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, volume 1 of Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, pages 203–210, Jan. 2010.

[9]    C. Flebus, E. Gabriel, S. Lambotte, N. Ninane, M. Piérard, F. Rausin, and J. M. Schumacher. Opto-mechanical design of the 3,6 m Optical Telescope for ARIES. In L. M. Stepp and R. Gilmozzi, editors, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II, volume 7012 of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, page 70120A, July 2008.

[8]    R. Sagar. A modern 3.6m meter new technology optical telescope as a major national initiative in astrophysics. National Academy Science Letters, 30:209–212, June 2007.

[7]    R. Sagar. Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences: reincarnation of a 50 year old State Observatory of Nainital. Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 34(2):37, Mar. 2006.

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