ESO 3.6 m Telescope
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The ESO 3.6 m Telescope is a major optical telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory in Chile, known for hosting the HARPS spectrograph used in exoplanet discovery.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ESO 3.6 m Telescope canonical | 2 |
| ESO 3.6 m telescope | 2 |
| ESO 3.6-m telescope | 1 |
| ESO 3.6-metre Telescope | 1 |
| ESO 3.6-metre telescope | 1 |
| ESO 3.6m | 1 |
| ESO La Silla 3.6-metre telescope | 1 |
| La Silla 3.6-metre Telescope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T602734 — 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: ESO 3.6 m Telescope Context triple: [La Silla Observatory, hasTelescope, ESO 3.6 m Telescope]
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A.
Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope is a flagship array of four large optical telescopes operated by the European Southern Observatory, renowned for its cutting-edge astronomical observations and discoveries.
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Gemini South Observatory
Gemini South Observatory is a major 8.1-meter optical and infrared telescope facility located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, forming the southern half of the international Gemini Observatory.
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C.
Paranal Observatory
Paranal Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope array.
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D.
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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E.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
- 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: ESO 3.6 m Telescope Target entity description: The ESO 3.6 m Telescope is a major optical telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory in Chile, known for hosting the HARPS spectrograph used in exoplanet discovery.
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A.
Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope is a flagship array of four large optical telescopes operated by the European Southern Observatory, renowned for its cutting-edge astronomical observations and discoveries.
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B.
Gemini South Observatory
Gemini South Observatory is a major 8.1-meter optical and infrared telescope facility located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, forming the southern half of the international Gemini Observatory.
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C.
Paranal Observatory
Paranal Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope array.
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D.
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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E.
du Pont Telescope
The du Pont Telescope is a 2.5-meter optical telescope at Chile’s Las Campanas Observatory used for a wide range of astronomical imaging and spectroscopic research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: ESO 3.6 m Telescope Description of subject: The ESO 3.6 m Telescope is a major optical telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory in Chile, known for hosting the HARPS spectrograph used in exoplanet discovery.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6 m telescope
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6 m telescope
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6m
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6-metre Telescope
this entity surface form:
La Silla 3.6-metre Telescope
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6-metre telescope
this entity surface form:
ESO La Silla 3.6-metre telescope
this entity surface form:
ESO 3.6-m telescope