Baade Telescope

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ground-based telescope optical telescope reflecting telescope

The Baade Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan optical telescopes used for cutting-edge astronomical research in Chile.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Magellan Baade Telescope	9
Baade Telescope canonical	4
Magellan Baade telescope	3
Clay Telescope	2
Magellan Telescopes	1
Nasmyth focus of Magellan Baade Telescope	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ground-based telescope ⓘ optical telescope ⓘ reflecting telescope ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Magellan I ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
diameter	6.5 meters ⓘ
hasApertureClass	6–10 meter class telescope ⓘ
hasFieldOfView	wide-field (with IMACS) ⓘ
hasInstrument	FIRE ⓘ FourStar ⓘ IMACS ⓘ Magellan Echellette Spectrograph (MagE) ⓘ
hasTwin	Baade Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Clay Telescope
inaugurated	2000s ⓘ
isOneOf	twin Magellan telescopes ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Chile ⓘ surface form: Atacama Region Chile ⓘ Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
locatedOn	Cerro Manqui ⓘ
mirrorMaterial	borosilicate glass ⓘ
mountType	altazimuth mount ⓘ
namedAfter	Walter Baade ⓘ
observatoryAltitude	approximately 2400 meters ⓘ
observatoryOwner	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science
operator	Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ
partOf	Las Campanas Observatory ⓘ surface form: Las Campanas Observatory telescope array Baade Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Magellan Telescopes
primaryMirrorDiameter	6.5 meters ⓘ
scientificFocus	cosmology ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ galaxy evolution ⓘ stellar populations ⓘ
supports	imaging ⓘ multi-object spectroscopy ⓘ spectroscopy ⓘ
telescopeArrayMemberCount	2 ⓘ
telescopeType	Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
twinTelescopeAperture	6.5 meters ⓘ
usedBy	international astronomy community ⓘ
usedFor	astronomical research ⓘ infrared astronomy ⓘ optical astronomy ⓘ
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ

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Las Campanas Observatory → hasTelescope → Baade Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clay Telescope

Baade Telescope → partOf → Baade Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magellan Telescopes

Baade Telescope → hasTwin → Baade Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clay Telescope

IMACS → locatedAt → Baade Telescope ⓘ