Dark Energy Camera

E76039

astronomical camera instrument for a ground-based telescope wide-field imager

The Dark Energy Camera is a powerful wide-field astronomical imaging instrument designed to study dark energy and map the large-scale structure of the universe.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
DECam	2
Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey	1
Dark Energy Camera on Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical camera ⓘ instrument for a ground-based telescope ⓘ wide-field imager ⓘ
abbreviation	Dark Energy Camera self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DECam
collaborationIncludes	National Science Foundation funded institutions ⓘ United States Department of Energy national laboratory system ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Energy laboratories international universities and observatories ⓘ
commissionedInYear	2012 ⓘ
countryOfTelescope	Chile ⓘ
dataUsedFor	cosmological parameter estimation ⓘ galaxy evolution studies ⓘ stellar astrophysics ⓘ
designedToConstrain	equation of state of dark energy ⓘ
designedToMeasure	cosmic acceleration ⓘ
detectorType	CCD ⓘ
developedBy	Dark Energy Survey ⓘ surface form: Dark Energy Survey collaboration Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Fermilab
fieldOfView	approximately 3 square degrees ⓘ
firstLightYear	2012 ⓘ
fullName	Dark Energy Camera self-link ⓘ
hasFilter	Y-band ⓘ g-band ⓘ i-band ⓘ r-band ⓘ z-band ⓘ
hostTelescopeAperture	4 meters ⓘ
installedOn	Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ
locatedAt	Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ
locatedAtObservatory	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Chile ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro Tololo
numberOfCCDs	62 science CCDs ⓘ
operatedBy	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ
operatedFor	Dark Energy Survey ⓘ
pixelCount	570 megapixels ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	conduct Dark Energy Survey ⓘ map large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ study dark energy ⓘ
scienceProgram	Dark Energy Survey ⓘ community observing programs ⓘ
surveyArea	about 5000 square degrees ⓘ
usedFor	Milky Way structure studies ⓘ galaxy cluster studies ⓘ large-scale galaxy surveys ⓘ near-Earth object searches ⓘ supernova searches ⓘ weak gravitational lensing measurements ⓘ
wavelengthCoverage	near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ

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Dark Energy Camera → abbreviation → Dark Energy Camera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DECam

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → associatedSurvey → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey

Dark Energy Camera → fullName → Dark Energy Camera self-link ⓘ

CTIO → hasInstrument → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → hostsInstrument → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory → hostsInstrumentOn → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Energy Camera on Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory → hostsTelescope → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → instrument → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

Dark Energy Survey → instrumentAbbreviation → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

this entity surface form: DECam

CTIO → usesInstrument → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ

subject surface form: Dark Energy Survey

Dark Energy Survey → usesInstrument → Dark Energy Camera ⓘ