UK Schmidt Telescope
E502424
The UK Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field optical survey telescope in Australia that has played a key role in mapping the southern sky and discovering large-scale Galactic structures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UK Schmidt Telescope canonical | 1 |
| UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5202070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UK Schmidt Telescope Context triple: [Sagittarius Stream, discoveredUsing, UK Schmidt Telescope]
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A.
Curtis Schmidt Telescope
The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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B.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
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C.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope
The SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope is a small optical telescope used for a wide range of astronomical observations as part of the SMARTS consortium’s facilities in Chile.
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E.
SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UK Schmidt Telescope Target entity description: The UK Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field optical survey telescope in Australia that has played a key role in mapping the southern sky and discovering large-scale Galactic structures.
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A.
Curtis Schmidt Telescope
The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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B.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
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C.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope
The SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope is a small optical telescope used for a wide range of astronomical observations as part of the SMARTS consortium’s facilities in Chile.
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E.
SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Schmidt telescope
ⓘ
wide-field optical survey telescope ⓘ |
| altitude | approximately 1165 metres ⓘ |
| collaboratingInstitution | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1960s ⓘ |
| contributedToDiscoveryOf |
distant galaxy clusters
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large-scale structure in the Milky Way ⓘ quasars in the southern sky ⓘ |
| correctorPlateDiameter | 1.83 metres ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor | wide-field photographic sky surveys ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | approximately 6 degrees ⓘ |
| focalLength | 3.05 metres ⓘ |
| focalRatio | f/2.48 ⓘ |
| hasApertureClass | 1–2 metre class telescope ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueProduct |
UK Schmidt Telescope photographic plate archive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
digitised sky survey data ⓘ |
| hemisphereCoverage | southern sky ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| laterDetectorType | CCD mosaic camera ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ |
| location | Siding Spring Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Australian Astronomical Observatory (after 2010) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSurvey |
2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey input catalogues
ⓘ
AAO/UKST H-alpha Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ ESO/SERC Southern Sky Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamburg/ESO Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Schmidt Southern Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
Anglo-Australian Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australian Astronomical Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opticalDesign | Schmidt optical system ⓘ |
| originalDetectorType | photographic plates ⓘ |
| partOf | Siding Spring Observatory telescope suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorDiameter | 1.24 metres ⓘ |
| primaryScienceGoal |
extragalactic surveys
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mapping the southern sky ⓘ study of large-scale Galactic structure ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Science and Engineering Research Council
NERFINISHED
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UK Science Research Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational (with modern detectors) ⓘ |
| telescopeMountType | equatorial mount ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrometry
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photometry ⓘ spectroscopic target selection ⓘ |
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Subject: UK Schmidt Telescope Description of subject: The UK Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field optical survey telescope in Australia that has played a key role in mapping the southern sky and discovering large-scale Galactic structures.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory