Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope

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astronomical observatory instrument optical telescope reflecting telescope

The Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope is a prominent optical telescope in Chile widely used for deep-sky surveys and cosmological research.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope canonical	3
Blanco 4-meter telescope	2
Victor M. Blanco Telescope	2
Blanco 4-meter Telescope	1
Blanco 4-meter telescope at CTIO	1
Blanco 4m Telescope	1
CTIO 4-meter Telescope	1
Víctor M. Blanco Telescope	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ optical telescope ⓘ reflecting telescope ⓘ
alternativeName	Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ surface form: Blanco 4m Telescope Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ surface form: CTIO 4-meter Telescope
altitude	about 2200 meters ⓘ
aperture	4 meters ⓘ
associatedSurvey	DECam Legacy Survey ⓘ Dark Energy Camera ⓘ surface form: Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey Dark Energy Survey ⓘ
commissioned	1974 ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
diameter	4 meters ⓘ
fieldOfViewWithDECam	approximately 3 square degrees ⓘ
firstLight	1974 ⓘ
fundedBy	National Science Foundation ⓘ
hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
hostsInstrument	Dark Energy Camera ⓘ
instrument	Dark Energy Camera ⓘ
latitude	approximately -30.17 degrees ⓘ
locatedIn	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro Tololo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ Chile ⓘ Coquimbo Region ⓘ
locatedOn	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains
longitude	approximately -70.81 degrees ⓘ
mirrorMaterial	glass ⓘ
mountType	equatorial mount ⓘ
namedAfter	Víctor Manuel Blanco ⓘ
notableFor	precision cosmology measurements ⓘ wide-field imaging with Dark Energy Camera ⓘ
observatoryCode	I02 ⓘ
operatedBy	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ NOIRLab ⓘ National Optical Astronomy Observatory ⓘ
ownedBy	National Science Foundation ⓘ
partOf	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory facility
primaryMirrorDiameter	4.0 meters ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
telescopeType	Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
usedFor	Milky Way structure studies ⓘ cosmological research ⓘ deep-sky surveys ⓘ galaxy evolution studies ⓘ supernova searches ⓘ
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory → hostsTelescope → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

CTIO → hasTelescope → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victor M. Blanco Telescope

CTIO → locatedAt → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

subject surface form: Dark Energy Camera

this entity surface form: Victor M. Blanco Telescope

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

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

Dark Energy Survey → telescope → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Víctor M. Blanco Telescope

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → alternativeName → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blanco 4m Telescope

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → alternativeName → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: CTIO 4-meter Telescope

National Optical Astronomy Observatory → operated → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blanco 4-meter Telescope

Scott S. Sheppard → usesInstrument → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blanco 4-meter telescope at CTIO

DES → usesTelescope → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blanco 4-meter telescope

DECam Legacy Survey → telescope → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blanco 4-meter telescope