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.

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	Clay Telescope →
inaugurated	2000s →
isOneOf	twin Magellan telescopes →
locatedIn	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 for Science →
operator	Carnegie Institution for Science → Las Campanas Observatory →
partOf	Las Campanas Observatory telescope array → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
FIRE ("Magellan Baade Telescope") → FourStar ("Magellan Baade telescope") → IMACS ("Nasmyth focus of Magellan Baade Telescope") →	mountedOn
Las Campanas Observatory → Las Campanas Observatory ("Clay Telescope") →	hasTelescope
Cerro Manqui → Cerro Manqui ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	hosts
Magellan I →	alsoKnownAs
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph ("Magellan Baade telescope") →	associatedWith
Magellan Telescopes ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	hasPart
Baade Telescope ("Clay Telescope") →	hasTwin
IMACS ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	installedOn
IMACS ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	locatedAt
Carnegie Observatories →	operates
Baade Telescope ("Magellan Telescopes") →	partOf
Magellan telescope instrumentation suite ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	supportsTelescope
Magellan Clay Telescope ("Magellan Baade Telescope") →	twinWith