On the celebrations of 50 years of operations of the Vainu Bappu 40-inch telescope, several stellar discoveries of the telescope were highlighted. The celebrations were held on the 15th and 16th of December 2022 in Kavalur, Tamil Nadu. The telescope set up by Professor Vainu Bappu has played a significant role in astronomy with major discoveries like the presence of rings around the planet Uranus, a new satellite of Uranus, the presence of an atmosphere around Ganymede which is a satellite of Jupiter.
Several important kinds of research were conducted with the telescope, including the discovery and study of many ‘Be Stars’, Lithium depletion in giant stars, optical variability in Blazars, and the dynamics of the famous supernova SN 1987A.
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