Pan-STARRS survey
E539431
The Pan-STARRS survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project designed to systematically map the sky and detect transient and moving objects, as well as large-scale structures in the Milky Way and beyond.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pan-STARRS 1 survey team | 2 |
| Pan-STARRS | 1 |
| Pan-STARRS survey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5727000 — 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: Pan-STARRS survey Context triple: [Monoceros Ring, observedWith, Pan-STARRS survey]
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A.
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
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B.
Palomar Transient Factory
The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
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C.
Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
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D.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is a major astronomical project that has created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe using wide-field imaging and spectroscopy.
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E.
Two Micron All Sky Survey
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is an astronomical survey that mapped the entire sky in near-infrared wavelengths, producing a comprehensive catalog of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.
- 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: Pan-STARRS survey Target entity description: The Pan-STARRS survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project designed to systematically map the sky and detect transient and moving objects, as well as large-scale structures in the Milky Way and beyond.
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A.
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
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B.
Palomar Transient Factory
The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
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C.
Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
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D.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is a major astronomical project that has created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe using wide-field imaging and spectroscopy.
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E.
Two Micron All Sky Survey
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is an astronomical survey that mapped the entire sky in near-infrared wavelengths, producing a comprehensive catalog of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | astronomical survey ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Pan-STARRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataCoverage | 3π steradians of the sky ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
difference images
ⓘ
source catalogs ⓘ stacked images ⓘ |
| dataRelease |
PS1 DR1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PS1 DR2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pan-STARRS1 3π Steradian Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataType |
multi-band photometry
ⓘ
multi-epoch imaging ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | 7 square degrees ⓘ |
| filterSystem |
gP1
ⓘ
iP1 ⓘ rP1 ⓘ yP1 ⓘ zP1 ⓘ |
| fullName | Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
detection of moving objects
ⓘ
detection of transient astronomical events ⓘ study of extragalactic large-scale structure ⓘ study of large-scale structure in the Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Haleakalā Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Maui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
discovery of many comets
ⓘ
discovery of numerous near-Earth asteroids ⓘ large homogeneous photometric catalog of the northern sky ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | systematic mapping of the sky ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorDiameter | 1.8 m ⓘ |
| scienceCase |
Milky Way structure
ⓘ
asteroid discovery ⓘ comet discovery ⓘ cosmology ⓘ galaxy evolution ⓘ near-Earth object detection ⓘ supernova search ⓘ variable star studies ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 2010 ⓘ |
| surveyStrategy | wide-area, multi-epoch imaging ⓘ |
| telescopeUsed |
Pan-STARRS1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pan-STARRS2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | image differencing for transient detection ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange |
near-infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pan-STARRS survey Description of subject: The Pan-STARRS survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project designed to systematically map the sky and detect transient and moving objects, as well as large-scale structures in the Milky Way and beyond.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pan-STARRS
this entity surface form:
Pan-STARRS 1 survey team
this entity surface form:
Pan-STARRS 1 survey team