Ngemuva kwempumelelo yokuqala ngoJanuwari 2008, izazi zezinkanyezi zaseShayina zizokwakha inethiwekhi enamandla kakhulu yezibonakude e-Dome A phezulu kwe-South Pole, kusho isazi sezinkanyezi emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi ophela ngoLwesine eHaining, esifundazweni sase-Zhejiang empumalanga yeChina.
NgoJanuwari 26, 2009, ososayensi baseShayina bamisa indawo yokuhlola izinkanyezi e-Antarctica.Ngemuva kwempumelelo yokuqala, ngoMasingana bazokwakha inethiwekhi eqinile yezibonakude eDome A phezulu eSouth Pole, kusho isazi sezinkanyezi kulo mhlangano.Julayi 23, Haining, esifundazweni saseZhejiang.
UGong Xuefei, isazi sezinkanyezi esibambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi yesibonakude, utshele iTaiwan Strait Astronomical Instruments Forum ukuthi isibonakude esisha siyahlolwa futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kufakwe isibonakude sokuqala eSouth Pole ehlobo lika-2010 no-2011.
UGong, umcwaningi osemncane eNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics, uthe inethiwekhi entsha ye-Antarctic Schmidt Telescope 3 (AST3) iqukethe izibonakude ezintathu zeSchmidt ezinombobo wamasentimitha angama-50.
Inethiwekhi yangaphambilini bekuyi-China Small Telescope Array (CSTAR), ehlanganisa izibonakude ezine ezingama-14.5 cm.
UCui Xiangqun, inhloko ye-China National Aeronautics and Space Administration, utshele i-Xinhua News Agency ukuthi izinzuzo eziyinhloko ze-AST3’ ngaphezu kwaleyo eyandulelayo indawo yayo enkulu yokuvula kanye ne-lens elungisekayo, eyivumela ukuthi ibone isikhala ngokujule kakhudlwana futhi ilandelele izindikimba zasezulwini ezihambayo.
UCui uthe i-AST3, ebiza ama-yuan aphakathi kwezigidi ezingama-50 nezingu-60 (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7.3 kuya kwezingu-8.8), izodlala indima enkulu ekufuneni amaplanethi anjengoMhlaba kanye namakhulu ezinkanyezi ezinkulu.
UGong uthe abaklami besibonakude esisha bakhelwe phezu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambilini futhi bacabangela izimo ezikhethekile ezifana nezinga lokushisa eliphansi lase-Antarctica nomfutho ophansi.
Isifunda sase-Antarctic sinesimo sezulu esibandayo nesomile, ubusuku obude be-polar, isivinini somoya esiphansi, nothuli oluncane, okuwusizo ekuhloleni izinkanyezi.I-Dome A iyindawo ekahle yokubuka, lapho izibonakude zingakhiqiza khona izithombe ezicishe zifane nezibonakude emkhathini, kodwa ngezindleko eziphansi kakhulu.