Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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astronomical observatory survey telescope

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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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Vera C. Rubin Observatory canonical 11
LSST 2
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory ⓘ
survey telescope ⓘ
abbreviation Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: LSST

Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time)

Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rubin Observatory
altitude approximately 2660 m ⓘ
camera LSST Camera ⓘ
cameraAperture 64 cm effective aperture ⓘ
cameraResolution 3.2 gigapixels ⓘ
cameraType wide-field imaging camera ⓘ
collaboration international partnership ⓘ
constructionStatus under construction in the 2020s ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
dataManagement Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rubin Observatory Data Management system
dataProducts alerts for transient events ⓘ
multi-band photometry ⓘ
time-domain imaging of the sky ⓘ
dataVolume tens of terabytes per night ⓘ
diameter 8.4 m primary mirror ⓘ
effectiveAperture 6.5 m ⓘ
exposureTime two 15-second exposures per visit ⓘ
fieldOfView 9.6 square degrees ⓘ
filterSystem ugrizy filters ⓘ
formerName Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
fundedBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
keyFeature high-cadence all-sky survey ⓘ
large etendue (aperture-area times field of view) ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Cerro Pachón ⓘ
Coquimbo Region ⓘ
mainSurvey Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ
mountType alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
namedAfter Vera Rubin ⓘ
observes night sky over the southern hemisphere ⓘ
operatedBy Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy ⓘ
primaryInstrument Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ
scienceGoals explore the transient optical sky ⓘ
inventory the Solar System ⓘ
map the Milky Way ⓘ
study dark energy ⓘ
study dark matter ⓘ
surveyDuration 10 years ⓘ
surveyType deep wide fast imaging survey ⓘ
telescopeDesign three-mirror anastigmat ⓘ
telescopeType wide-field survey telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
website https://www.lsst.org/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vera Rubin → hasHonorificName → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Vera C. Rubin Observatory → formerName → Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Vera C. Rubin Observatory → abbreviation → Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory → abbreviation → Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: LSST
Vera C. Rubin Observatory → abbreviation → Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time)
Vera C. Rubin Observatory → dataManagement → Vera C. Rubin Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rubin Observatory Data Management system
Vera → hasNamesake → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
subject surface form: Vera Rubin
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy → manages → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Pachón → hasObservatory → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Pachón → hosts → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope
Vera Florence Cooper → hasTelescopeNamedAfterHer → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Legacy Survey of Space and Time → abbreviation → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: LSST
Legacy Survey of Space and Time → partOf → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Legacy Survey of Space and Time → hostFacility → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Simonyi Survey Telescope → partOf → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Simonyi Survey Telescope → formerlyKnownAs → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Simonyi Survey Telescope → alsoKnownAs → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rubin Observatory telescope
Simonyi Survey Telescope → operator → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
Simonyi Survey Telescope → observatorySite → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vera C. Rubin Observatory site on Cerro Pachón
LSST Camera → partOf → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
LSST Camera → operatedBy → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
AURA → operates → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vera C. Rubin Observatory operations center