Curtis Schmidt Telescope
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The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Curtis Schmidt Telescope canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2984423 — 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: Curtis Schmidt Telescope Context triple: [CTIO, hasTelescope, Curtis Schmidt Telescope]
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A.
Magellan Clay Telescope
The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
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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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Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
20 Meter Telescope
The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
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E.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
- 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: Curtis Schmidt Telescope Target entity description: The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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A.
Magellan Clay Telescope
The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
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B.
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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C.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
20 Meter Telescope
The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
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E.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Schmidt telescope
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astronomical telescope ⓘ |
| affiliation | NOIRLab ⓘ |
| aperture | 0.61 m ⓘ |
| correctorType | Schmidt corrector plate ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| designedFor | wide-field photographic sky surveys ⓘ |
| detectorType | photographic plates ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | wide-field ⓘ |
| focalRatio | f/3.5 ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern sky ⓘ |
| laterDetectorType | CCD ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cerro Tololo
ⓘ
linked to:
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ Chile ⓘ Coquimbo Region ⓘ |
| mirrorType | spherical primary mirror ⓘ |
| mountType | equatorial mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heber Doust Curtis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to sky survey catalogs
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wide-field photographic surveys of the southern sky ⓘ |
| observatory | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ |
| operator |
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ National Optical Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| opticalDesign |
Schmidt camera
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linked to:
Schmidt telescope
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| partOf |
Cerro Tololo telescope suite
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linked to:
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
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| primaryMirrorDiameter |
0.61 m
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24 in ⓘ |
| siteAltitude |
approximately 2200 m
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approximately 7200 ft ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Schmidt ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astronomical imaging
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extragalactic surveys ⓘ galactic structure studies ⓘ photographic sky surveys ⓘ supernova searches ⓘ survey astronomy ⓘ variable star surveys ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | optical ⓘ |
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