Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph
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The Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph (IMACS) is a wide-field optical imaging and spectrographic instrument mounted on the Magellan telescopes, used for deep astronomical surveys and detailed spectroscopic studies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical instrument
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optical imager → optical spectrograph → wide-field camera → |
| abbreviation |
IMACS
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| associatedWith |
Magellan Baade telescope
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Magellan Clay telescope → |
| country |
Chile
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| designedFor |
deep imaging
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deep spectroscopy → |
| field |
astronomy
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astrophysics → |
| hasCapability |
imaging
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multi-object spectroscopy → spectroscopy → wide-field imaging → |
| locatedAt |
Las Campanas Observatory
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| mountedOn |
Magellan telescopes
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| namedAfter |
Kazuo Inamori
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| observatory |
Las Campanas Observatory
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| observes |
extragalactic objects
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galaxies → galaxy clusters → quasars → stars → supernovae → |
| partOf |
Magellan telescope instrumentation
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| telescopeType |
optical telescope instrument
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| usedBy |
astronomers
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astrophysicists → |
| usedFor |
deep astronomical surveys
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detailed spectroscopic studies → follow-up spectroscopy of survey targets → optical spectroscopy → survey astronomy → wide-field optical imaging → |
| usedIn |
galaxy evolution studies
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large-scale structure surveys → observational cosmology → spectroscopic redshift measurements → |
| wavelengthRange |
optical
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