Pan-STARRS 1 telescope

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astronomical telescope survey telescope wide-field telescope

The Pan-STARRS 1 telescope is a wide-field survey instrument located at Haleakalā Observatory in Hawaii, designed to systematically scan the sky for astronomical objects such as asteroids, comets, variable stars, and distant galaxies.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pan-STARRS 1 telescope canonical	1
Pan-STARRS Observatory	1
Pan-STARRS1	1
Pan-STARRS2	1
Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System	1
Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6290008 — 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: Pan-STARRS 1 telescope
Context triple: [Andromeda XXVI, observedWith, Pan-STARRS 1 telescope]

A. 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.
B. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
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.
C. 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.
D. Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
The Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope is a 3.6-meter optical and infrared telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, operated collaboratively by Canada, France, and the University of Hawaii for astronomical research.
E. VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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: Pan-STARRS 1 telescope
Target entity description: The Pan-STARRS 1 telescope is a wide-field survey instrument located at Haleakalā Observatory in Hawaii, designed to systematically scan the sky for astronomical objects such as asteroids, comets, variable stars, and distant galaxies.

A. 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.
B. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
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.
C. 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.
D. Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
The Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope is a 3.6-meter optical and infrared telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, operated collaboratively by Canada, France, and the University of Hawaii for astronomical research.
E. VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical telescope ⓘ survey telescope ⓘ wide-field telescope ⓘ
abbreviation	PS1 ⓘ
aperture	1.8 m ⓘ
beganScienceOperations	around 2010 ⓘ
cameraType	CCD mosaic camera ⓘ
contributedTo	discovery of comets ⓘ discovery of numerous near-Earth objects ⓘ large photometric catalogs of stars and galaxies ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataRelease	Pan-STARRS1 DR1 ⓘ linked to: Pan-STARRS survey Pan-STARRS1 DR2 ⓘ linked to: Pan-STARRS survey
designedFor	asteroid detection ⓘ comet detection ⓘ distant galaxy surveys ⓘ near-Earth object detection ⓘ sky survey ⓘ variable star surveys ⓘ wide-field imaging ⓘ
equippedWith	1.4 gigapixel camera ⓘ
fieldOfView	about 7 square degrees ⓘ
firstLight	2007 ⓘ
focalRatio	f/4.4 ⓘ
fullName	Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 ⓘ linked to: Pan-STARRS 1 telescope
fundedBy	NASA ⓘ National Science Foundation ⓘ U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory ⓘ linked to: Air Force Research Laboratory
locatedIn	Haleakalā Observatory ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ Maui ⓘ
locatedOn	Haleakalā ⓘ linked to: Haleakalā volcano
mountType	alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
numberOfCCDs	60 ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy ⓘ linked to: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
partOf	Pan-STARRS ⓘ linked to: Pan-STARRS survey
pixelCount	approximately 1.4 billion pixels ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter	1.8 m ⓘ
primaryMirrorShape	hyperbolic ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	cosmological surveys ⓘ detection of potentially hazardous asteroids ⓘ time-domain astronomy ⓘ
surveyName	3π Steradian Survey ⓘ Medium Deep Survey ⓘ
telescopeType	reflecting telescope ⓘ
usesFilterSystem	g band ⓘ i band ⓘ r band ⓘ y band ⓘ z band ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Andromeda XXVI → observedWith → Pan-STARRS 1 telescope ⓘ

Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii → operationalSupportFor → Pan-STARRS Observatory ⓘ

subject linked to: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (operations support)