Carnegie Observatories

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Carnegie Observatories is a major astronomical research institution known for operating world-class telescopes and conducting cutting-edge studies of the universe.

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instanceOf astronomical observatory
nonprofit organization unit
research institution
affiliation Carnegie Institution of Washington
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (historical collaboration)
collaboratesWith international astronomical institutions
country United States of America
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
exoplanets
galaxy formation and evolution
large-scale structure of the universe
stellar astrophysics
supernovae
focusesOn instrumentation development
observational astronomy
theoretical astrophysics
formerName Mount Wilson Observatory
foundedBy Carnegie Institution of Washington
headquartersLocation Pasadena
surface form: Pasadena, California
historicallyOperated Mount Wilson Observatory
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Pasadena
surface form: Pasadena, California
missionStatement to advance the understanding of the universe through observational and theoretical astrophysics
namedAfter Andrew Carnegie
notableContribution discovery and study of Type Ia supernovae
measurement of the Hubble constant
observational cosmology
notableFacility Carnegie Observatories self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carnegie Astrophysics Fellows program
notableProject Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
Carnegie Supernova Project
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
offers graduate student research opportunities
postdoctoral fellowships in astronomy
operates Baade Telescope
Magellan Clay Telescope
surface form: Clay Telescope

Las Campanas Observatory
Magellan Telescopes
Swope Telescope
du Pont Telescope
parentOrganization Carnegie Institution of Washington
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
publishes scientific papers in peer-reviewed astronomy journals
uses infrared telescopes
optical telescopes
spectrographs
website https://obs.carnegiescience.edu/

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du Pont Telescope operatedBy Carnegie Observatories
Vera Rubin workLocation Carnegie Observatories
Magellan I operatedBy Carnegie Observatories
Walter Baade employer Carnegie Observatories
this entity surface form: Mount Wilson Observatory
Las Campanas, Chile usedBy Carnegie Observatories
Carnegie Observatories notableFacility Carnegie Observatories self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carnegie Astrophysics Fellows program
OGLE-IV survey hostOrganization Carnegie Observatories
this entity surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science (Las Campanas site owner)
Allan R. Sandage employer Carnegie Observatories
Henrietta Hill Swope donatedTo Carnegie Observatories
100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory operatedBy Carnegie Observatories
subject surface form: 100-inch Hooker Telescope
MIKE (Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle) associatedWith Carnegie Observatories
subject surface form: MIKE
MagAO associatedWith Carnegie Observatories
LCO operatedAtSiteBy Carnegie Observatories
MIKE operatedBy Carnegie Observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory partOf Carnegie Observatories
Carnegie Supernova Project affiliation Carnegie Observatories
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey hostInstitution Carnegie Observatories
Sandage employer Carnegie Observatories
subject surface form: Allan R. Sandage