PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury)
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PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) is a large Hubble Space Telescope survey that mapped a significant portion of the Andromeda Galaxy across multiple wavelengths to study its stars, structure, and evolution in unprecedented detail.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) canonical | 1 |
| Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139303 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) Context triple: [Wide Field Camera 3, notableProgram, PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury)]
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Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
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B.
Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
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C.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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D.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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E.
Pisces Dwarf Galaxy
The Pisces Dwarf Galaxy is a small, faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group that orbits the Triangulum Galaxy (M33).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) Target entity description: PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) is a large Hubble Space Telescope survey that mapped a significant portion of the Andromeda Galaxy across multiple wavelengths to study its stars, structure, and evolution in unprecedented detail.
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A.
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
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B.
Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
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C.
Andromeda X
Andromeda X is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.
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D.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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E.
Pisces Dwarf Galaxy
The Pisces Dwarf Galaxy is a small, faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group that orbits the Triangulum Galaxy (M33).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hubble Space Telescope survey
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astronomical survey ⓘ |
| acronym | PHAT ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| cosmologicalContext | nearest massive spiral galaxy to the Milky Way ⓘ |
| dataAccess | publicly available ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
high-resolution mosaics of M31
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multi-band photometric catalogues ⓘ |
| dataUsage |
calibration of stellar population models
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constraints on galaxy formation theories ⓘ |
| enables |
characterization of stellar clusters in M31
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mapping of dust extinction in M31 ⓘ measurement of star formation histories across M31 ⓘ |
| filterCoverage |
multiple broad-band filters
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narrow-band filters ⓘ |
| fullName |
PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury
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| galaxyTypeStudied | spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| goal |
map a significant portion of the Andromeda Galaxy
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study stellar populations in M31 ⓘ study the evolution of M31 ⓘ study the structure of M31 ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Local Group ⓘ |
| instrument |
Advanced Camera for Surveys
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Wide Field Camera 3 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-resolution imaging of Andromeda
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resolving individual stars in M31 ⓘ unprecedented detail of a large spiral galaxy outside the Milky Way ⓘ |
| observatory |
Hubble Space Telescope
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surface form:
NASA Hubble Space Telescope
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| observatoryOperator |
ESA
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NASA ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Julianne Dalcanton ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hubble Space Telescope Treasury programs
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Local Group galaxy surveys ⓘ |
| scienceTheme |
galactic structure
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interstellar medium in M31 ⓘ star formation history ⓘ stellar clusters ⓘ stellar evolution ⓘ |
| surveyRegion | northeastern disk of M31 ⓘ |
| surveyType | imaging survey ⓘ |
| target | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| targetAlternativeName |
Andromeda Galaxy
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surface form:
M31
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| telescope | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparisons between the Milky Way and Andromeda
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studies of resolved stellar populations beyond the Milky Way ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
near-infrared
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optical ⓘ panchromatic ⓘ ultraviolet ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) Description of subject: PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury) is a large Hubble Space Telescope survey that mapped a significant portion of the Andromeda Galaxy across multiple wavelengths to study its stars, structure, and evolution in unprecedented detail.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury)
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fullName
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PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury)
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subject surface form:
PHAT
this entity surface form:
Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury