Carlos Sánchez Telescope
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The Carlos Sánchez Telescope is a mid-sized infrared astronomical telescope located at Spain’s Teide Observatory on the island of Tenerife.
All labels observed (1)
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| Carlos Sánchez Telescope canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6580125 — 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: Carlos Sánchez Telescope Context triple: [Teide Observatory, hosts, Carlos Sánchez Telescope]
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A.
Magellan Clay Telescope
The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
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B.
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
The Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope is a prominent optical telescope in Chile widely used for deep-sky surveys and cosmological research.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Carlos Sánchez Telescope Target entity description: The Carlos Sánchez Telescope is a mid-sized infrared astronomical telescope located at Spain’s Teide Observatory on the island of Tenerife.
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A.
Magellan Clay Telescope
The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
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B.
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
The Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope is a prominent optical telescope in Chile widely used for deep-sky surveys and cosmological research.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory instrument
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infrared telescope ⓘ |
| affiliation | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aperture | 1.52 metres ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| diameter | 1.52 metres ⓘ |
| environment |
dark-sky site
ⓘ
high-altitude site ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | equatorial ⓘ |
| hasHostInstitution | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasObservationBand |
mid-infrared
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near-infrared ⓘ |
| hasSiteCondition |
good atmospheric transparency
ⓘ
good seeing ⓘ low water vapour ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | ground-based telescope ⓘ |
| isOnIsland | Tenerife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAtAltitude | approximately 2400 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canary Islands
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ Teide Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tenerife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mirrorDiameter | 1.52 metres ⓘ |
| mountType | equatorial mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Carlos Sánchez Magro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observatory | Teide Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Teide Observatory infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
astronomical observation
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infrared astronomy ⓘ |
| region | Canary Islands Observatories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| telescopeClass | mid-sized telescope ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Cassegrain telescope ⓘ |
| usedFor |
extragalactic astronomy
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galactic astronomy ⓘ infrared sky surveys ⓘ stellar observations ⓘ time-domain astronomy ⓘ |
| wavelength | infrared ⓘ |
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Subject: Carlos Sánchez Telescope Description of subject: The Carlos Sánchez Telescope is a mid-sized infrared astronomical telescope located at Spain’s Teide Observatory on the island of Tenerife.
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