High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
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High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager is a near-infrared wide-field camera installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, designed for high-resolution astronomical imaging in the K-band.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager Context triple: [HAWK-I, fullName, High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager]
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A.
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope is a robotic telescope best known for its role in automated sky surveys and the discovery of numerous supernovae.
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B.
Wide Field Instrument
The Wide Field Instrument is the primary camera and spectrograph on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to capture large-area, high-resolution images for studies of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
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C.
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager)
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager) is a high-resolution near-infrared camera designed to work with adaptive optics on the Gemini South telescope, enabling extremely sharp imaging by correcting for atmospheric distortion.
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D.
VIRCAM
VIRCAM is the wide-field infrared camera used on the VISTA telescope to conduct large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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E.
WIRCam
WIRCam is a wide-field infrared camera used for astronomical imaging on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
- 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: High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager Target entity description: High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager is a near-infrared wide-field camera installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, designed for high-resolution astronomical imaging in the K-band.
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A.
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope is a robotic telescope best known for its role in automated sky surveys and the discovery of numerous supernovae.
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B.
Wide Field Instrument
The Wide Field Instrument is the primary camera and spectrograph on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to capture large-area, high-resolution images for studies of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
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C.
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager)
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager) is a high-resolution near-infrared camera designed to work with adaptive optics on the Gemini South telescope, enabling extremely sharp imaging by correcting for atmospheric distortion.
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D.
VIRCAM
VIRCAM is the wide-field infrared camera used on the VISTA telescope to conduct large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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E.
WIRCam
WIRCam is a wide-field infrared camera used for astronomical imaging on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical instrument
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near-infrared camera ⓘ telescope instrument ⓘ wide-field imager ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HAWK-I ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | European Southern Observatory ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| detectorFormat | 2048 x 2048 pixels ⓘ |
| detectorType | HgCdTe infrared array ⓘ |
| environment | cryogenic ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | approximately 7.5 arcminutes by 7.5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasFilter |
broad-band near-infrared filters
ⓘ
narrow-band near-infrared filters ⓘ |
| hostTelescope |
VLT UT4 (Yepun)
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linked to:
VLT Unit Telescope 4 Yepun
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| hostTelescopeAperture | 8.2-metre primary mirror ⓘ |
| installedOn | Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Very Large Telescope ⓘ |
| locationRegion | Atacama Desert ⓘ |
| numberOfDetectors | 4 ⓘ |
| observatory | Paranal Observatory ⓘ |
| observingMode | imaging ⓘ |
| operatedBy | European Southern Observatory ⓘ |
| organization |
ESO
ⓘ
linked to:
European Southern Observatory
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| pixelScale | approximately 0.1 arcseconds per pixel ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide high acuity wide-field imaging in the K-band ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
cosmological deep fields
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high-resolution imaging in the near-infrared ⓘ search for distant supernovae ⓘ study of high-redshift galaxies ⓘ study of star-forming regions ⓘ study of stellar clusters ⓘ study of the Galactic Centre ⓘ wide-field surveys in the K-band ⓘ |
| scienceUse |
Galactic astronomy
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extragalactic astronomy ⓘ planetary nebulae studies ⓘ star formation studies ⓘ stellar astrophysics ⓘ |
| spectralBand |
H-band
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J-band ⓘ K-band ⓘ |
| telescopeSite |
Cerro Paranal Observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Paranal Observatory
|
| usesTechnique |
dithering
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near-infrared imaging ⓘ |
| wavelengthBand | near-infrared ⓘ |
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Subject: High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager Description of subject: High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager is a near-infrared wide-field camera installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, designed for high-resolution astronomical imaging in the K-band.
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