Otto Struve Telescope
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The Otto Struve Telescope is a historic 2.1-meter reflecting telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas, notable for being one of the largest telescopes in the world when it began operation in the late 1930s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope | 1 |
| Otto Struve Telescope canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20749007 — 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: Otto Struve Telescope Context triple: [McDonald Observatory, hasTelescope, Otto Struve Telescope]
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A.
Dall–Kirkham telescope
The Dall–Kirkham telescope is a reflecting telescope design that uses an elliptical primary mirror and spherical secondary mirror to provide good on-axis performance with relatively simple, economical optics.
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B.
Burrell Schmidt Telescope
The Burrell Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for deep imaging of galaxies and faint astronomical structures, located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
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C.
Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope is a 4-meter-class optical telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys and cosmological research.
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D.
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.
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E.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
- 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: Otto Struve Telescope Target entity description: The Otto Struve Telescope is a historic 2.1-meter reflecting telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas, notable for being one of the largest telescopes in the world when it began operation in the late 1930s.
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A.
Dall–Kirkham telescope
The Dall–Kirkham telescope is a reflecting telescope design that uses an elliptical primary mirror and spherical secondary mirror to provide good on-axis performance with relatively simple, economical optics.
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B.
Burrell Schmidt Telescope
The Burrell Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for deep imaging of galaxies and faint astronomical structures, located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
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C.
Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope is a 4-meter-class optical telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys and cosmological research.
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D.
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.
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E.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Otto Struve Telescope