Las Campanas Observatory

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astronomical observatory research facility

Las Campanas Observatory is a major astronomical observatory in Chile renowned for its high-quality observing conditions and its role in cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomy.

Aliases (8)

Las Campanas Observatory telescope array ×3
Carnegie Observatories ×2
Las Campanas Observatory telescope suite ×1
Las Campanas Observatory, Atacama Region, Chile ×1
Las Campanas mountain ×1
Magellan Project ×1
Magellan Telescopes ×1
Observatorio Las Campanas ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory → research facility →
altitude	approximately 2400 meters →
constructionStart	1960s →
continent	South America →
country	Chile →
foundedBy	Carnegie Institution for Science →
hasClimate	arid →
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates →
hasFeature	high fraction of clear nights → low atmospheric water vapor → stable atmosphere →
hasInstrument	infrared cameras → optical imagers → spectrographs →
hasTelescope	Baade Telescope → Clay Telescope → Henrietta Swope Telescope → Irénée du Pont Telescope → Magellan Telescopes → Swope Telescope → Warsaw Telescope → du Pont Telescope →
hostOf	Giant Magellan Telescope site →
isPartOf	global network of professional observatories →
knownFor	dark skies → excellent seeing → high-quality observing conditions → infrared astronomy → optical astronomy →
languageOfOfficialName	Spanish →
locatedIn	Atacama Desert → Coquimbo Region →
locatedOn	Las Campanas mountain →
near	La Serena →
officialName	Observatorio Las Campanas →
openTo	professional astronomers →
operatedBy	Carnegie Institution for Science → Carnegie Observatories →
ownedBy	Carnegie Institution for Science →
partOfProject	Magellan Project →
plannedFacility	Giant Magellan Telescope →
primaryResearchField	cosmology → exoplanet studies → extragalactic astronomy → stellar astronomy →
skyQuality	Bortle class 1–2 dark sky →
usedBy	international astronomy community →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baade Telescope → Magellan Clay Telescope → Magellan I → Magellan Telescopes → Swope Telescope → Warsaw Telescope → du Pont Telescope →	locatedIn
FourStar → IMACS → Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph → OGLE-I survey → OGLE-IV survey → du Pont Telescope →	observatory
FourStar → Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph → MagE → Magellan Echellette Spectrograph → Magellan telescope instrumentation suite →	locatedAt
Baade Telescope ("Las Campanas Observatory telescope array") → Cerro Manqui → Swope Telescope ("Las Campanas Observatory telescope array") → Warsaw Telescope ("Las Campanas Observatory telescope array") → du Pont Telescope ("Las Campanas Observatory telescope suite") →	partOf
Magellan Clay Telescope → Swope Telescope ("Carnegie Observatories") →	operatedBy
FIRE → OGLE →	telescopeLocation
Swope Telescope →	commissionedAt
FourStar ("Carnegie Observatories") →	developedBy
Henrietta Hill Swope →	donatedTo
Carnegie Institution of Washington →	hasResearchCenter
Las Campanas Observatory ("Magellan Telescopes") →	hasTelescope
Las Campanas, Chile →	hosts
Las Campanas Observatory ("Las Campanas mountain") →	locatedOn
Giant Magellan Telescope →	location
Cerro Manqui →	observatoryComplex
Magellan I →	observatorySite
Las Campanas Observatory ("Observatorio Las Campanas") →	officialName
Carnegie Observatories →	operates
Baade Telescope →	operator
Las Campanas Observatory ("Magellan Project") →	partOfProject
Magellan Clay Telescope ("Las Campanas Observatory, Atacama Region, Chile") →	site