Dark Energy Survey
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The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
Aliases (4)
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomical survey
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cosmology experiment → international scientific collaboration → |
| abbreviation |
DES
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| cameraFieldOfView |
approximately 3 square degrees
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| cameraResolution |
about 570 megapixels
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| collaborationSize |
over 400 scientists
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| cosmologicalProbe |
Type Ia supernovae
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baryon acoustic oscillations → cluster counts → weak lensing and galaxy clustering → |
| countryOfLeadInstitution |
United States
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| countryOfObservation |
Chile
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| dataPolicy |
public data releases
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| dataRelease |
DES Data Release 1
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DES Data Release 2 → DES Data Release 3 → |
| endYear |
2019
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| field |
astrophysics
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observational cosmology → |
| filter |
Y-band
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g-band → i-band → r-band → z-band → |
| fundingAgency |
U.S. Department of Energy
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U.S. National Science Foundation → |
| goal |
constrain the equation of state of dark energy
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discover thousands of Type Ia supernovae → map hundreds of millions of galaxies → measure the growth of cosmic structure → test models of cosmic acceleration → |
| hemisphere |
southern sky
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| hostObservatoryOperator |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
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| instrumentAbbreviation |
DECam
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| leadInstitution |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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| numberOfFilters |
5
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| numberOfInstitutions |
over 25 institutions
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| participatingRegions |
Australia
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Europe → South America → United States → |
| producedCatalog |
cluster catalogs
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galaxy catalogs → supernova light-curve catalogs → weak lensing shear catalogs → |
| relatedProject |
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
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Legacy Survey of Space and Time → |
| researchArea |
Milky Way structure
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cosmic acceleration → dark energy → galaxy clustering → galaxy evolution → large-scale structure of the Universe → near-Earth objects → supernova cosmology → weak gravitational lensing → |
| skyCoverage |
about 5000 square degrees
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| startYear |
2013
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| supernovaFields |
10 fields
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| surveyDuration |
6 years
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| surveyPhase |
main survey
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science verification phase → supernova survey → |
| telescope |
Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
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| telescopeLocation |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
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| usesInstrument |
Dark Energy Camera
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| wavelengthRange |
near-infrared
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optical → |
| website |
https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Dark Energy Survey
("DES Data Release 1")
→
Dark Energy Survey ("DES Data Release 2") → Dark Energy Survey ("DES Data Release 3") → |
dataRelease |
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Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
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associatedSurvey |
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Dark Energy Camera
("Dark Energy Survey collaboration")
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developedBy |
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CTIO
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hostsProject |
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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
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hostsSurvey |
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Dark Energy Camera
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operatedFor |
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Dark Energy Camera
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scienceProgram |