Magellan Clay Telescope

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ground-based telescope infrared telescope optical telescope reflecting telescope

The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.

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Label Occurrences
Magellan Clay Telescope canonical 9
Magellan Clay telescope 2
Clay Telescope 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-based telescope ⓘ
infrared telescope ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
reflecting telescope ⓘ
apertureClass 6–10 meter class telescope ⓘ
benefitsFrom excellent seeing at Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
firstLightYear early 2000s ⓘ
hasInstrument near-infrared imagers ⓘ
near-infrared spectrographs ⓘ
optical imagers ⓘ
optical spectrographs ⓘ
locatedIn Atacama Desert ⓘ
surface form: Atacama Desert region

Chile ⓘ
Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
mirrorDiameter 6.5 meters ⓘ
mirrorType monolithic primary mirror ⓘ
mountType alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
namedAfter Landon T. Clay ⓘ
observatoryAltitude approximately 2400 meters ⓘ
operatedBy Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science

Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
organization Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
partOf Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
surface form: Magellan telescopes
primaryMirrorDiameter 6.5 meters ⓘ
scienceFocus deep extragalactic surveys ⓘ
high angular resolution imaging ⓘ
planet formation studies ⓘ
precision spectroscopy ⓘ
stellar populations in nearby galaxies ⓘ
site Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Las Campanas Observatory, Atacama Region, Chile
skyCoverage southern sky ⓘ
telescopeArrayMember Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
surface form: Magellan telescopes
telescopeClass large-aperture research telescope ⓘ
twinWith Baade Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Magellan Baade Telescope
usedFor astronomical research ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
exoplanet studies ⓘ
galaxy evolution studies ⓘ
high-resolution spectroscopy ⓘ
imaging ⓘ
infrared astronomy ⓘ
optical astronomy ⓘ
spectroscopy ⓘ
stellar astrophysics ⓘ
supernova observations ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Magellan Echellette Spectrograph (MagE) → locatedAt → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
subject surface form: Magellan Echellette Spectrograph
MagE → mountedOn → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph → associatedWith → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan Clay telescope
Magellan Telescopes → hasPart → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
Magellan telescope instrumentation suite → supportsTelescope → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
Carnegie Observatories → operates → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clay Telescope
Magellan Project → usesTelescope → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan Clay telescope
MIKE (Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle) → telescopeAssociation → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
subject surface form: MIKE
MMIRS (Magellan/MMT Infrared Spectrograph) → mountedOn → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
subject surface form: MMIRS
LDSS3 → locatedAt → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
LDSS3 → hostTelescope → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan II Clay Telescope
MagAO → locatedAt → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
MagAO → hostTelescope → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan Clay 6.5 m telescope
MIKE → telescopeAssociation → Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ