Introduction to the Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST)
Abstract
The Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST) is an upcoming Stage-IV sky survey telescope, distinguished by its large field of view (FoV), high image quality, and multi-band observation capabilities. It can simultaneously conduct precise measurements of the Universe by performing multi-color photometric imaging and slitless spectroscopic surveys. The CSST is equipped with five scientific instruments, i.e. Multi-band Imaging and Slitless Spectroscopy Survey Camera (SC), Multi-Channel Imager (MCI), Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS), Cool Planet Imaging Coronagraph (CPI-C), and THz Spectrometer (TS). Using these instruments, CSST is expected to make significant contributions and discoveries across various astronomical fields, including cosmology, galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGN), the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, stars, exoplanets, Solar System objects, astrometry, and transients and variable sources. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the CSST instruments, observational capabilities, data products, and scientific potential.
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@article{arxiv.2507.04618,
title = {Introduction to the Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST)},
author = {CSST Collaboration and Yan Gong and Haitao Miao and Hu Zhan and Zhao-Yu Li and Jinyi Shangguan and Haining Li and Chao Liu and Xuefei Chen and Haibo Yuan and Jilin Zhou and Hui-Gen Liu and Cong Yu and Jianghui Ji and Zhaoxiang Qi and Jiacheng Liu and Zigao Dai and Xiaofeng Wang and Zhenya Zheng and Lei Hao and Jiangpei Dou and Yiping Ao and Zhenhui Lin and Kun Zhang and Wei Wang and Guotong Sun and Ran Li and Guoliang Li and Youhua Xu and Xinfeng Li and Shengyang Li and Peng Wu and Jiuxing Zhang and Bo Wang and Jinming Bai and Yi-Fu Cai and Zheng Cai and Jie Cao and Kwan Chuen Chan and Jin Chang and Xiaodian Chen and Xuelei Chen and Yuqin Chen and Yun Chen and Wei Cui and Subo Dong and Pu Du and Wenying Duan and Junhui Fan and LuLu Fan and Zhou Fan and Zuhui Fan and Taotao Fang and Jianning Fu and Liping Fu and Zhensen Fu and Jian Gao and Shenghong Gu and Yidong Gu and Qi Guo and Zhanwen Han and Bin Hu and Zhiqi Huang and Luis C. Ho and Linhua Jiang and Ning Jiang and Yipeng Jing and Xi Kang and Xu Kong and Cheng Li and Chengyuan Li and Di Li and Jing Li and Nan Li and Yang A. Li and Shilong Liao and Weipeng Lin and Fengshan Liu and Jifeng Liu and Xiangkun Liu and Zhuokai Liu and Ruiqing Mao and Shude Mao and Xianmin Meng and Xiaoying Pang and Xiyan Peng and Yingjie Peng and Huanyuan Shan and Juntai Shen and Shiyin Shen and Zhiqiang Shen and Sheng-Cai Shi and Yong Shi and Siyuan Tan and Hao Tian and Jianmin Wang and Jun-Xian Wang and Xin Wang and Yuting Wang and Hong Wu and Jingwen Wu and Xuebing Wu and Chun Xu and Xiang-Xiang Xue and Yongquan Xue and Ji Yang and Xiaohu Yang and Qijun Yao and Fangting Yuan and Zhen Yuan and Jun Zhang and Pengjie Zhang and Tianmeng Zhang and Wei Zhang and Xin Zhang and Gang Zhao and Gongbo Zhao and Hongen Zhong and Jing Zhong and Liyong Zhou and Wei Zhu and Ying Zu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.04618},
year = {2026}
}
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48 pages, 12 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy