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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Las Campanas Observatory canonical	50
Las Campanas Observatory telescope array	3
Carnegie Observatories	2
Cerro Las Campanas Observatory facilities	1
Las Campanas Observatory main site	1
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 of Washington ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Baade Telescope ⓘ surface form: Clay Telescope Swope Telescope ⓘ surface form: Henrietta Swope Telescope du Pont Telescope ⓘ surface form: Irénée du Pont Telescope Las Campanas Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Las Campanas mountain
near	La Serena ⓘ
officialName	Las Campanas Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Observatorio Las Campanas
openTo	professional astronomers ⓘ
operatedBy	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Observatories
ownedBy	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
partOfProject	Las Campanas Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Henrietta Hill Swope → donatedTo → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ

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