In this paper, "new discovery" refers to successful
discoverage of special kind of objects (such as nova, supernova,
asteroid et al.) and identifications of special objects (such
as an X-ray source identified as a Quasar), which do not include
discoveries of special celestial phenomena of some objects and
catalogue of sources of unknown properties (for example, deep image
observations of normal objects for which previous records are not
available, such as stars, but some specific objects are included). I
apologize in advance for what are not listed due to the incomplete
collection and difficult definition of "new discovery".
A number of remarkable astronomical discoveries in
China have been obtained with the significant developments and
improvements of observational facilities since late 1980's. This
provides good chances for astronomical research. New discoveries
include:
extragalactic objects:
(1) identification of a number of X-ray and radio
sources as AGN, including Quasar, BL Lac objects and Seyfert galaxies.
(2) identification of IRAS sources as W-R galaxies.
(3) a "ring" around one galaxy observed
by BATC survey.
objects in the Galaxy:
(1) a number of supernovae and one nova in
extragalactic systems.
(2) discoveries of cataclysmic binaries and
Identification of ROSAT sources as cataclysmic binaries.
(3) a series of variable stars by BATC and
supernova survey.
(4) some new d
Sct variable stars.
(5) Herbig-Haro objects.
(6) water masers.
objects in the solar system:
(1) a large number of asteroids, especially some
near-earth asteroids.
(2) some comets. |