Warsaw Telescope

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The Warsaw Telescope is a 1.3-meter optical telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys such as the OGLE project.

Aliases (1)
  • Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment ×1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument
optical telescope
associatedWith OGLE-I survey
OGLE-II survey
OGLE-III survey
OGLE-IV survey
continent South America
country Chile
hasAperture 1.3-meter
130-centimeter
hasDetector CCD camera
hasFieldOfView wide-field
hasMount equatorial mount
hostObservatoryOperatedBy Carnegie Institution for Science
locatedIn Atacama Region
Chile
Las Campanas Observatory
majorProject OGLE
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
notableFor contributions to exoplanet discoveries
discovery of numerous microlensing events
long-term monitoring of millions of stars
precision photometry over large sky areas
operatedBy Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
partOf Las Campanas Observatory telescope array
scientificDiscipline astronomy
astrophysics
surveyMode photometric survey
telescopeType reflecting telescope
usedFor Cepheid variable observations
Galactic structure studies
Magellanic Clouds studies
RR Lyrae star observations
astronomical surveys
distance scale calibration
exoplanet detection via microlensing
gravitational microlensing events
large-scale sky surveys
microlensing searches
photometric monitoring
time-domain astronomy
variable star observations
wavelengthRange optical

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
OGLE
OGLE-IV survey
usesTelescope
Las Campanas Observatory
hasTelescope
Las Campanas, Chile
hosts
Warsaw Telescope ("Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment")
majorProject

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