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

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

LCO → observatorySite → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
LCO → MPCCodeFor → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Campanas Observatory main site
MIKE → locatedAt → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Las Campanas → partOf → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Las Campanas → hosts → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Las Campanas → near → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerro Las Campanas Observatory facilities
Carnegie Supernova Project → location → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey → observatory → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
OGLE-II → basedAt → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
OGLE-III → telescopeLocation → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
OGLE-III survey → locatedAt → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Swope Supernova Survey → locatedAtObservatory → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
Swope Supernova Survey → observatoryOperator → Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ