UltraVISTA survey

E666539

astronomical survey deep extragalactic survey near-infrared imaging survey

UltraVISTA survey is a deep near-infrared astronomical imaging survey of the COSMOS field designed to study galaxy formation and evolution in the early universe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
UltraVISTA survey canonical	3
VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey	1
VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations survey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7459452 — 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: UltraVISTA survey
Context triple: [VISTA, supportsSurvey, UltraVISTA survey]

A. GLIMPSE survey
The GLIMPSE survey is a Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared imaging project that mapped the inner Milky Way to study its structure and star-forming regions.
B. Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
C. CANDELS survey
The CANDELS survey is a major Hubble Space Telescope deep-imaging program designed to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
D. OGLE-IV survey
The OGLE-IV survey is a large-scale astronomical sky survey focused on detecting microlensing events and variable stars, conducted with the Warsaw Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
E. Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
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: UltraVISTA survey
Target entity description: UltraVISTA survey is a deep near-infrared astronomical imaging survey of the COSMOS field designed to study galaxy formation and evolution in the early universe.

A. GLIMPSE survey
The GLIMPSE survey is a Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared imaging project that mapped the inner Milky Way to study its structure and star-forming regions.
B. Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
C. CANDELS survey
The CANDELS survey is a major Hubble Space Telescope deep-imaging program designed to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
D. OGLE-IV survey
The OGLE-IV survey is a large-scale astronomical sky survey focused on detecting microlensing events and variable stars, conducted with the Warsaw Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
E. Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical survey ⓘ deep extragalactic survey ⓘ near-infrared imaging survey ⓘ
band	near-infrared bands ⓘ
coordinatesSystem	equatorial coordinates ⓘ
cosmologicalRedshiftRange	up to redshift z greater than 6 ⓘ
dataAccess	ESO Science Archive ⓘ linked to: ESO Science Archive Facility publicly available survey ⓘ
dataProduct	deep near-infrared images ⓘ multi-epoch imaging ⓘ public data releases ⓘ
depth	very deep near-infrared imaging ⓘ
enables	photometric redshift estimation ⓘ selection of high-redshift galaxy candidates ⓘ stellar mass measurements of galaxies ⓘ
field	COSMOS field ⓘ
filter	H band ⓘ J band ⓘ Ks band ⓘ NB118 narrow-band filter ⓘ Y band ⓘ
hostInstitution	ESO VISTA Public Surveys program ⓘ
location	Southern Hemisphere sky ⓘ
observatory	Paranal Observatory ⓘ
organization	European Southern Observatory ⓘ
primaryGoal	study early universe galaxies ⓘ study galaxy evolution ⓘ study galaxy formation ⓘ
relatedTo	COSMOS survey ⓘ VISTA telescope public surveys ⓘ linked to: VISTA Hemisphere Survey
scienceCase	cosmic star-formation history ⓘ evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function ⓘ high-redshift galaxy populations ⓘ large-scale structure at high redshift ⓘ luminous and massive galaxies in the early universe ⓘ mass assembly of galaxies ⓘ quiescent galaxies at high redshift ⓘ star-forming galaxies at high redshift ⓘ
skyCoverage	COSMOS 2 square degree field ⓘ linked to: COSMOS field
startDate	around 2009 ⓘ
strategy	deep-wide coverage ⓘ ultra-deep stripes ⓘ
surveyType	imaging survey ⓘ
telescope	VISTA telescope ⓘ
usesInstrument	VIRCAM ⓘ
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

VISTA → supportsSurvey → UltraVISTA survey ⓘ

VISTA telescope → associatedSurvey → UltraVISTA survey ⓘ

VIRCAM → usedFor → UltraVISTA survey ⓘ

VIRCAM → usedFor → VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations survey ⓘ

linked to: UltraVISTA survey

VISTA Hemisphere Survey → relatedSurvey → VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey ⓘ