VISTA
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VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VISTA canonical | 3 |
| VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea | 1 |
| VISTA surveys | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1541380 — 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: VISTA Context triple: [Paranal Observatory, hasSurveyTelescope, VISTA]
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A.
VISTA
VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a national service program in the United States that places volunteers in low-income communities to help alleviate poverty and build local capacity.
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B.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
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C.
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
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D.
SOFIA
SOFIA is the Food and Agriculture Organization’s flagship biennial report that provides comprehensive analyses and statistics on the status, trends, and policy issues of global fisheries and aquaculture.
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E.
Baade’s Window
Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
- 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: VISTA Target entity description: VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
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A.
VISTA
VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a national service program in the United States that places volunteers in low-income communities to help alleviate poverty and build local capacity.
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B.
Gaia observatory
The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
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C.
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
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D.
SOFIA
SOFIA is the Food and Agriculture Organization’s flagship biennial report that provides comprehensive analyses and statistics on the status, trends, and policy issues of global fisheries and aquaculture.
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E.
Baade’s Window
Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infrared telescope
ⓘ
survey telescope ⓘ telescope ⓘ |
| altitude | about 2635 metres ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| constructionManagedBy | Science and Technology Facilities Council ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| dataArchive | ESO Science Archive Facility ⓘ |
| designedFor |
mapping the southern sky
ⓘ
near-infrared sky surveys ⓘ wide-field surveys ⓘ |
| detectorType | HgCdTe infrared array ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | 1.65 degrees ⓘ |
| firstLightDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| focalRatio | f/3.25 ⓘ |
| fullName |
VISTA telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
|
| fundedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasInstrument | VIRCAM ⓘ |
| hemisphereCovered | southern sky ⓘ |
| location | Paranal Observatory ⓘ |
| mirrorMaterial | Zerodur ⓘ |
| mountType | alt-azimuth mount ⓘ |
| numberOfDetectors | 16 infrared detectors ⓘ |
| observingBands |
H band
ⓘ
J band ⓘ Ks band ⓘ Y band ⓘ Z band ⓘ |
| officialInaugurationDate | 10 December 2009 ⓘ |
| operator | European Southern Observatory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Paranal Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
ESO Paranal Observatory facility
|
| pixelCount | 67 megapixels ⓘ |
| primaryInstrument |
VISTA telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
VISTA InfraRed CAMera
|
| primaryMirrorDiameter | 4.1 metres ⓘ |
| scienceGoals |
galaxy evolution studies
ⓘ
search for brown dwarfs ⓘ search for distant quasars ⓘ star formation studies ⓘ structure of the Milky Way ⓘ study of dark energy ⓘ study of dark matter ⓘ |
| site |
Paranal Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Cerro Paranal
|
| supportsSurvey |
UltraVISTA survey
ⓘ
VISTA Hemisphere Survey ⓘ VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey ⓘ VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey ⓘ VISTA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea
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| surveyStrategy | tiling large sky areas ⓘ |
| telescopeType |
Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
ⓘ
surface form:
Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
|
| wavelengthRange | near-infrared ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: VISTA Description of subject: VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
VISTA surveys
this entity surface form:
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea