OGLE

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OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) is a long-term astronomical survey focused on detecting dark matter, exoplanets, and variable stars through gravitational microlensing and photometric monitoring.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey
observational astronomy project
acronym OGLE
affiliation University of Warsaw
contributedTo calibration of cosmic distance scale
discovery of microlensing exoplanets
study of Galactic bar
country Poland
dataType optical photometry
time-series light curves
field astronomy
astrophysics
founder Bohdan Paczyński
fullName Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
goal catalog variable stars
detect exoplanets via microlensing
search for dark matter via microlensing
method photometric monitoring
time-domain astronomy
monitors millions of stars
notableResult detection of numerous gravitational microlensing events
detection of planetary microlensing events
large catalogs of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds
observes Galactic bulge
Galactic disk
Magellanic Clouds
operatedBy Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw
phase OGLE-I
OGLE-II
OGLE-III
OGLE-IV
principalInvestigator Andrzej Udalski
provides public data archive
researchFocus Galactic structure
dark matter
exoplanets
gravitational microlensing
transient phenomena
variable stars
startDate 1992
surveyType long-term survey
wide-field survey
technique difference image analysis
telescopeCountry Chile
telescopeLocation Las Campanas Observatory
usesTelescope Warsaw Telescope
wavelength optical

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OGLE
acronym
Warsaw Telescope
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