Las Campanas, Chile

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astronomical observatory site mountain observatory site

Las Campanas, Chile is a high-altitude astronomical observatory site in the Chilean Andes renowned for its exceptionally clear, dark skies used by major research telescopes.

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Label	Occurrences
Las Campanas Observatory region, Chile	1
Las Campanas, Chile canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory site ⓘ mountain observatory site ⓘ
access	mountain road from coastal cities ⓘ
altitude	approximately 2400 meters ⓘ approximately 8000 feet ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
hosts	du Pont Telescope ⓘ surface form: Irénée du Pont Telescope Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ Magellan Telescopes ⓘ Swope Telescope ⓘ Warsaw Telescope ⓘ future Giant Magellan Telescope site ⓘ
infrastructure	multiple telescope domes ⓘ support buildings for observatory staff ⓘ
knownFor	excellent astronomical seeing ⓘ exceptionally dark skies ⓘ high-altitude observing conditions ⓘ
locatedIn	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains Atacama Desert ⓘ surface form: Atacama Desert region Coquimbo Region ⓘ Atacama Desert ⓘ surface form: southern Atacama Desert
locatedOn	Cerro Las Campanas ⓘ
near	La Serena ⓘ surface form: La Serena, Chile Las Campanas Observatory support facilities in La Serena ⓘ
operatedBy	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
partOf	Chile’s northern observatory belt ⓘ
primaryScience	cosmology ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ stellar astronomy ⓘ
regionType	remote mountain area ⓘ
skyCondition	low atmospheric water vapor ⓘ stable atmosphere ⓘ
skyProtection	subject to Chilean light-pollution regulations for observatory zones ⓘ
skyQuality	high fraction of clear nights per year ⓘ very low light pollution ⓘ
usedBy	Carnegie Observatories ⓘ international astronomy collaborations ⓘ
usedFor	infrared astronomy ⓘ optical astronomy ⓘ professional astronomical research ⓘ

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Swope Telescope → hasObservationSite → Las Campanas, Chile ⓘ

Henrietta Hill Swope → workLocation → Las Campanas, Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Las Campanas Observatory region, Chile