astronomical observatory

C62
concept

An astronomical observatory is a facility equipped with specialized instruments and structures designed to observe, record, and analyze celestial objects and phenomena.

All labels observed (55)

Label Occurrences
astronomical observatory canonical 209
artificial satellite 104
planetarium 78

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: astronomical observatory
Generated description
An astronomical observatory is a facility equipped with specialized instruments and structures designed to observe, record, and analyze celestial objects and phenomena.

Instances (566)

Instance Via concept surface
Multiple Mirror Telescope
VERITAS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array
High Energy Stereoscopic System imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array
Konica Minolta Planetarium Tenku planetarium
National Observatory of Athens
VST survey telescope
Very Large Array, New Mexico
surface form: Very Large Array
radio telescope array
VERITAS array gamma-ray observatory
Mount Hopkins Observatory site astronomical observatory site
Asiago Astrophysical Observatory
Observatory of the Yuan Dynasty
SBS-3 artificial satellite
Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
Rock of the Lads astronomical observatory site
Francisco José de Caldas Observatory (Bogotá Astronomical Observatory)
surface form: Francisco José de Caldas Observatory
Owens Valley Radio Observatory radio observatory
W. F. Smith
surface form: Lick Observatory
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
Dark Sky Island astronomical observation site
San Gabriel Mountains
surface form: Mount Wilson Observatory
Merate
surface form: Merate Astronomical Observatory
Suomi NPP artificial satellite
2017-073A artificial satellite
Dudley Observatory
University of Geneva Observatory
David Dunlap Observatory
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 space telescope
SAS-B artificial satellite
Nançay Radio Observatory radio observatory
Alma-Ata Astrophysical Institute
Planetarium Science Center planetarium
Scobee Planetarium planetarium
New Technology Telescope astronomical observatory telescope
NTT 3.58 m Telescope ground-based telescope
Ashra experiment gamma-ray observatory
Wilhelm Foerster Observatory
Planetarium am Insulaner planetarium
Yale Department of Astronomy facilities astronomy research infrastructure
La Silla mountain astronomical observatory site
MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope ground-based telescope
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory ESO facility
Dominion Observatory (Ottawa)
Bayfordbury
surface form: Bayfordbury Observatory
CDF detector particle physics detector
Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium planetarium
Observatory of Uccle
Cosmos Sterrenwacht public observatory
Baade Telescope ground-based telescope
Kepler space telescope space telescope
DØ detector particle physics detector