Simonyi Survey Telescope

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optical telescope wide-field survey telescope

The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.

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Label	Occurrences
Simonyi Survey Telescope canonical	2
Rubin Observatory 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	optical telescope ⓘ wide-field survey telescope ⓘ
abbreviation	SST ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ surface form: Rubin Observatory telescope
cameraResolution	3.2 gigapixels ⓘ
constructionStatus	under construction (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
designedFor	large-scale astronomical surveys ⓘ rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky ⓘ time-domain astronomy ⓘ
effectiveAperture	6.5 m ⓘ
fieldOfView	3.5 degree diameter ⓘ 9.6 square degrees ⓘ
focalRatio	f/1.234 ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ surface form: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
fundedBy	National Science Foundation ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
governingOrganization	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy ⓘ
hasInstrument	LSST Camera ⓘ surface form: 3.2-gigapixel LSST Camera
locatedIn	Cerro Pachón ⓘ Chile ⓘ Coquimbo Region ⓘ
mirrorDesign	monolithic primary-tertiary mirror (M1/M3) ⓘ
mountType	alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles Simonyi ⓘ
observatoryAltitude	~2663 m ⓘ
observatorySite	Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ surface form: Vera C. Rubin Observatory site on Cerro Pachón
operator	Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
partOf	Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
plannedFirstLight	mid-2020s ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter	8.4 m ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	explore the transient optical sky ⓘ inventory of the Solar System ⓘ map the Milky Way ⓘ study dark energy ⓘ study dark matter ⓘ
scienceCollaboration	LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration ⓘ LSST Galaxies Science Collaboration ⓘ LSST Solar System Science Collaboration ⓘ LSST Transients and Variable Stars Collaboration ⓘ
scienceProgram	Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ
secondaryMirrorDiameter	3.4 m ⓘ
surveyArea	southern sky ⓘ
surveyCadence	revisit same area of sky every few nights ⓘ
surveyDuration	10 years ⓘ
telescopeType	Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory → primaryInstrument → Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ

Legacy Survey of Space and Time → telescopeUsed → Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rubin Observatory 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope

LSST Camera → mountedOn → Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ