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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dark Energy Survey canonical | 10 |
| DES Data Release 1 | 1 |
| DES Data Release 2 | 1 |
| DES Data Release 3 | 1 |
| Dark Energy Survey collaboration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T607211 — 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: Dark Energy Survey Context triple: [Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, hostsSurvey, Dark Energy Survey]
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A.
Dark Energy Camera
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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B.
Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
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C.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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D.
NOIRLab
NOIRLab is a U.S. National Science Foundation center that operates major ground-based optical and infrared observatories across the Americas for astronomical research.
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E.
OGLE-IV survey
The OGLE-IV survey is a large-scale astronomical sky survey focused on detecting microlensing events and variable stars, conducted with the Warsaw Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
- 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: Dark Energy Survey Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Dark Energy Camera
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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B.
Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
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C.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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D.
NOIRLab
NOIRLab is a U.S. National Science Foundation center that operates major ground-based optical and infrared observatories across the Americas for astronomical research.
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E.
OGLE-IV survey
The OGLE-IV survey is a large-scale astronomical sky survey focused on detecting microlensing events and variable stars, conducted with the Warsaw Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical survey
ⓘ
cosmology experiment ⓘ international scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DES ⓘ |
| cameraFieldOfView | approximately 3 square degrees ⓘ |
| cameraResolution | about 570 megapixels ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | over 400 scientists ⓘ |
| cosmologicalProbe |
Type Ia supernovae
ⓘ
baryon acoustic oscillations ⓘ cluster counts ⓘ weak lensing and galaxy clustering ⓘ |
| countryOfLeadInstitution |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| countryOfObservation | Chile ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | public data releases ⓘ |
| dataRelease |
Dark Energy Survey
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
DES Data Release 1
Dark Energy Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
DES Data Release 2
Dark Energy Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
DES Data Release 3
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| endYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| field |
astrophysics
ⓘ
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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National Science Foundation ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Science Foundation
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| 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 ⓘ |
| hostObservatoryOperator | National Optical Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| instrumentAbbreviation |
Dark Energy Camera
ⓘ
surface form:
DECam
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| leadInstitution | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ |
| numberOfFilters | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfInstitutions | over 25 institutions ⓘ |
| participatingRegions |
Australia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ South America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| producedCatalog |
cluster catalogs
ⓘ
galaxy catalogs ⓘ supernova light-curve catalogs ⓘ weak lensing shear catalogs ⓘ |
| relatedProject |
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
ⓘ
Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ |
| researchArea |
Milky Way
ⓘ
surface form:
Milky Way structure
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 ⓘ |
| startYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| supernovaFields | 10 fields ⓘ |
| surveyDuration | 6 years ⓘ |
| surveyPhase |
main survey
ⓘ
science verification phase ⓘ supernova survey ⓘ |
| telescope |
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
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| telescopeLocation | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ |
| usesInstrument | Dark Energy Camera ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange |
near-infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
| website | https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dark Energy Survey Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dark Energy Survey collaboration
this entity surface form:
DES Data Release 1
this entity surface form:
DES Data Release 2
this entity surface form:
DES Data Release 3