Carnegie Supernova Project

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astronomical research project observational cosmology project supernova survey

The Carnegie Supernova Project is an astronomical research initiative focused on observing and characterizing supernovae to improve measurements of cosmic distances and the expansion of the universe.

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Carnegie Supernova Project canonical	1
Carnegie Supernova Project I	1
Carnegie Supernova Project II	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical research project ⓘ observational cosmology project ⓘ supernova survey ⓘ
affiliation	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories ⓘ
aimsTo	build a uniform supernova sample for cosmology ⓘ characterize supernova host galaxies ⓘ improve cross-band photometric calibration ⓘ
contributesTo	calibration of Type Ia supernovae as standard candles ⓘ constraints on dark energy equation of state ⓘ constraints on the Hubble constant ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataProduct	calibrated photometric catalogs ⓘ supernova light curves ⓘ supernova spectra ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ
goal	improve measurements of cosmic distances ⓘ improve measurements of the Hubble diagram ⓘ obtain detailed spectroscopy of supernovae ⓘ obtain homogeneous photometry of supernovae ⓘ provide high-quality light curves of supernovae ⓘ reduce systematic uncertainties in supernova cosmology ⓘ
hasPhase	Carnegie Supernova Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Supernova Project I Carnegie Supernova Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Supernova Project II
location	Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
observes	intermediate-redshift supernovae ⓘ nearby supernovae ⓘ
publicationType	peer-reviewed journal articles ⓘ supernova data releases ⓘ
researchFocus	Type Ia supernovae ⓘ cosmic distance scale ⓘ dark energy constraints ⓘ expansion of the universe ⓘ supernovae ⓘ
startTime	mid-2000s ⓘ
usesInstrument	Las Campanas Observatory telescopes ⓘ Magellan Telescopes ⓘ surface form: Magellan telescopes Swope Telescope ⓘ du Pont Telescope ⓘ
usesMethod	near-infrared photometry ⓘ optical photometry ⓘ optical spectroscopy ⓘ time-series observations ⓘ
website	https://csp.obs.carnegiescience.edu/ ⓘ

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Carnegie Observatories → notableProject → Carnegie Supernova Project ⓘ

Carnegie Supernova Project → hasPhase → Carnegie Supernova Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carnegie Supernova Project I

Carnegie Supernova Project → hasPhase → Carnegie Supernova Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carnegie Supernova Project II