Magellan Telescopes

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ground-based telescope infrared telescope optical telescope telescope facility

Magellan Telescopes are a pair of 6.5-meter optical-infrared telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge astronomical research by an international collaboration.

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Label Occurrences
Magellan telescopes 13
Magellan Telescopes canonical 9
6.5-meter Magellan telescopes 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-based telescope ⓘ
infrared telescope ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
telescope facility ⓘ
apertureDiameter 6.5 meters ⓘ
collaborationType international collaboration ⓘ
commissioned early 2000s ⓘ
hasCapability adaptive optics ⓘ
high-resolution spectroscopy ⓘ
multi-object spectroscopy ⓘ
wide-field imaging ⓘ
hasInstrument FIRE ⓘ
FourStar ⓘ
IMACS ⓘ
LDSS3 ⓘ
MIKE ⓘ
MagAO ⓘ
MagE ⓘ
Megacam ⓘ
hasPart Baade Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Magellan Baade Telescope

Magellan Clay Telescope ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedIn Atacama Region ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
mirrorMaterial borosilicate glass ⓘ
namedAfter Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ
observatoryCode LCO ⓘ
operatedBy Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
ownedBy Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
primaryMirrorShape hyperbolic ⓘ
scientificStatus cutting-edge facility ⓘ
siteAltitude approximately 2400 meters ⓘ
skyCoverage southern sky ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
usedFor astronomical research ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
exoplanet studies ⓘ
galaxy evolution studies ⓘ
imaging ⓘ
infrared astronomy ⓘ
optical astronomy ⓘ
spectroscopy ⓘ
stellar astrophysics ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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Magellan Echellette Spectrograph (MagE) → associatedWith → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
subject surface form: Magellan Echellette Spectrograph
Cerro Manqui → hosts → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
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Magellan I → partOf → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
MagE → usedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
MagE → telescopeType → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph → mountedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
Magellan Clay Telescope → partOf → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
Magellan Clay Telescope → telescopeArrayMember → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
Magellan telescope instrumentation suite → locatedAt → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
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Las Campanas, Chile → hosts → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
Carnegie Observatories → operates → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
Magellan Project → hasPrimaryFacility → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
MIKE (Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle) → usedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
subject surface form: MIKE
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
MMIRS (Magellan/MMT Infrared Spectrograph) → designedFor → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
subject surface form: MMIRS
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
LDSS3 → usedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
MagAO → operatedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
LCO → hostsTelescopesAtSite → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
LCO → associatedWith → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
MIKE → usedOn → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
Cerro Las Campanas → hosts → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
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Carnegie Supernova Project → usesInstrument → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magellan telescopes
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey → instrumentLocation → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ
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Scott S. Sheppard → usesInstrument → Magellan Telescopes ⓘ