LSST Camera
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The LSST Camera is a massive, wide-field digital camera designed to capture deep, high-resolution images of the night sky for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s decade-long sky survey.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LSST Camera canonical | 2 |
| 3.2-gigapixel LSST Camera | 1 |
| Rubin Observatory LSST Camera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2375129 — 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: LSST Camera Context triple: [Vera C. Rubin Observatory, camera, LSST Camera]
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A.
Dark Energy Camera
The Dark Energy Camera is a powerful wide-field astronomical imaging instrument designed to study dark energy and map the large-scale structure of the universe.
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B.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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C.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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D.
Magellan Clay 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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E.
Wide Field Camera 3
Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.
- 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: LSST Camera Target entity description: The LSST Camera is a massive, wide-field digital camera designed to capture deep, high-resolution images of the night sky for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s decade-long sky survey.
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A.
Dark Energy Camera
The Dark Energy Camera is a powerful wide-field astronomical imaging instrument designed to study dark energy and map the large-scale structure of the universe.
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B.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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C.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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D.
Magellan Clay 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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E.
Wide Field Camera 3
Wide Field Camera 3 is a versatile imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope that captures high-resolution observations across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical camera
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scientific instrument ⓘ wide-field digital camera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Vera Rubin
ⓘ
surface form:
Vera C. Rubin
|
| captures |
deep images of the night sky
ⓘ
wide-field images of the night sky ⓘ |
| designedFor | Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ |
| developedBy |
National Science Foundation
ⓘ
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
National Science Foundation
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
LSST Camera
ⓘ
surface form:
Rubin Observatory LSST Camera
|
| hasCoolingSystem | cryogenic cooling ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveAperture | 6.5 meters ⓘ |
| hasExposureTime | 15 seconds ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfView | 9.6 square degrees ⓘ |
| hasFilterExchangeSystem | carousel filter changer ⓘ |
| hasFocalPlaneArea | 0.64 square meters ⓘ |
| hasHeight | about 3 meters ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 3 meters ⓘ |
| hasMass | approximately 3 tons ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfFilters | 6 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfRaftModules | 21 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfScienceCCDs | 189 ⓘ |
| hasPixelCount |
3.2 gigapixels
ⓘ
3200 megapixels ⓘ |
| hasPixelSize | 10 micrometers ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMirrorDiameter | 8.4 meters ⓘ |
| hasProjectStart | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| hasReadoutTime | 2 seconds ⓘ |
| hasShutterType | dual-blade shutter ⓘ |
| hasTypicalVisitTime | 30 seconds ⓘ |
| hasWavelengthRange | 320–1050 nanometers ⓘ |
| hasWidth | about 1.65 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cerro Pachón
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surface form:
Cerro Pachón, Chile
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| mountedOn | Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ |
| partOf | Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ |
| supportsScienceGoal |
Milky Way mapping
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dark energy studies ⓘ dark matter studies ⓘ near-Earth object detection ⓘ time-domain astronomy ⓘ transient object discovery ⓘ |
| supportsSurvey | decade-long sky survey ⓘ |
| usesDetectorType | CCD ⓘ |
| usesFilter |
g band
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i band ⓘ r band ⓘ u band ⓘ y band ⓘ z band ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: LSST Camera Description of subject: The LSST Camera is a massive, wide-field digital camera designed to capture deep, high-resolution images of the night sky for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s decade-long sky survey.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
3.2-gigapixel LSST Camera
this entity surface form:
Rubin Observatory LSST Camera