Subaru Telescope

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astronomical observatory instrument infrared telescope optical telescope reflecting telescope

The Subaru Telescope is an 8.2-meter optical-infrared reflecting telescope operated by Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory, renowned for wide-field deep-sky observations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Subaru Telescope canonical 7
Hyper Suprime-Cam 1
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ
infrared telescope ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
reflecting telescope ⓘ
altitude approximately 4200 meters ⓘ
commissioningDate late 1990s ⓘ
constructionStart 1991 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
diameter 8.2 meters ⓘ
firstLight 1998 ⓘ
hasDome cylindrical dome ⓘ
hasInstrument CHARIS ⓘ
COMICS ⓘ
FMOS ⓘ
FOCAS ⓘ
HDS ⓘ
Subaru Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hyper Suprime-Cam

IRCS ⓘ
MOIRCS ⓘ
PFS ⓘ
SCExAO ⓘ
Suprime-Cam ⓘ
knownFor cosmology research ⓘ
deep-sky surveys ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
high-redshift galaxy observations ⓘ
weak gravitational lensing studies ⓘ
wide-field observations ⓘ
locatedIn Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii

Big Island of Hawaiʻi ⓘ
surface form: Hawaii Island

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn Mauna Kea ⓘ
location Mauna Kea Observatories ⓘ
surface form: Mauna Kea Observatory
managedBy National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan ⓘ
mirrorMaterial ULE glass ⓘ
mirrorSupportSystem active optics ⓘ
namedAfter Pleiades ⓘ
surface form: Subaru (Pleiades star cluster)
operator NAOJ ⓘ
surface form: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
partOf Mauna Kea Observatories ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 8.2 meters ⓘ
primaryScienceGoals dark matter and dark energy studies ⓘ
galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
solar system small bodies surveys ⓘ
telescopeMount alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
wavelengthRange mid-infrared ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
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Input
Subject: Subaru Telescope
Description of subject: The Subaru Telescope is an 8.2-meter optical-infrared reflecting telescope operated by Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory, renowned for wide-field deep-sky observations.

Referenced by (10)

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

Mauna Kea → hasObservatory → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
National Radio Astronomy Observatory → collaboratesWith → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Subaru Telescope → hasInstrument → Subaru Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyper Suprime-Cam
Mauna Kea Science Reserve → contains → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
White Mountain → hostsFacility → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
subject surface form: Mauna Kea
Andromeda XVI → discoveredWith → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
Mauna Kea Observatories → hasTelescope → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
NAOJ → operates → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
NAOJ → hasDivision → Subaru Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subaru Telescope Directorate
Scott S. Sheppard → usesInstrument → Subaru Telescope ⓘ