Cerro Manqui
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Cerro Manqui is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts major astronomical observatories, including the Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
Aliases (1)
- Cerro Las Campanas ×2
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory site
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mountain → |
| continent |
South America
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| country |
Chile
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| hasFeature |
arid climate
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dark skies → high altitude → |
| hasNameMeaning |
Cerro means hill or mountain in Spanish
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| hasOperator |
Carnegie Institution for Science
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| hasScientificDiscipline |
astronomy
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astrophysics → |
| hosts |
Baade Telescope
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Magellan Baade Telescope → Magellan telescopes → |
| languageOfToponym |
Spanish
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| locatedIn |
Atacama Desert
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Coquimbo Region → |
| locatedNear |
Cerro Alcaino
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Cerro Las Campanas → |
| observatoryComplex |
Las Campanas Observatory
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| partOf |
Andes
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Las Campanas Observatory → |
| skyQuality |
excellent seeing conditions
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| usedFor |
astronomical observation
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infrared astronomy → optical astronomy → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Baade Telescope
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du Pont Telescope ("Cerro Las Campanas") → |
locatedOn |
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Cerro Manqui
("Cerro Las Campanas")
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locatedNear |