VST telescope
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The VST telescope is a 2.6-meter wide-field survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the southern sky in visible light.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| VST telescope canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7525957 — 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: VST telescope Context triple: [ESO Directorate of Operations, operatesIn, VST telescope]
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A.
IAC-80 Telescope
The IAC-80 Telescope is a medium-sized optical telescope used for astronomical research and observations at the Teide Observatory in the Canary Islands.
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Vacuum Tower Telescope
The Vacuum Tower Telescope is a solar telescope in Spain’s Canary Islands designed for high-resolution observations of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere.
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Maksutov telescope
A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
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D.
BTA-6 telescope
The BTA-6 telescope is a 6-meter optical reflecting telescope in Russia that became the world’s largest single-aperture optical telescope after the Hale Telescope.
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E.
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.
- 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: VST telescope Target entity description: The VST telescope is a 2.6-meter wide-field survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the southern sky in visible light.
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A.
IAC-80 Telescope
The IAC-80 Telescope is a medium-sized optical telescope used for astronomical research and observations at the Teide Observatory in the Canary Islands.
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B.
Vacuum Tower Telescope
The Vacuum Tower Telescope is a solar telescope in Spain’s Canary Islands designed for high-resolution observations of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere.
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C.
Maksutov telescope
A Maksutov telescope is a compact catadioptric reflecting telescope that uses a meniscus corrector lens to deliver sharp, well-corrected images with relatively simple alignment and maintenance.
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D.
BTA-6 telescope
The BTA-6 telescope is a 6-meter optical reflecting telescope in Russia that became the world’s largest single-aperture optical telescope after the Hale Telescope.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
optical telescope
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survey telescope ⓘ wide-field camera ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| altitude | about 2600 m ⓘ |
| apertureSize | 2.6 m ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Very Large Telescope site ⓘ |
| collaboration | INAF–ESO collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| designedBy | Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
large-scale surveys of the southern sky
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optical sky surveys ⓘ wide-field imaging ⓘ |
| equippedWith | OmegaCAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | about 1 square degree ⓘ |
| firstLightYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| fullName | VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | alt-azimuth tracking ⓘ |
| hasMirrorMaterial | glass with reflective coating ⓘ |
| hemisphereCoverage | southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atacama Desert
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Chile ⓘ Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainInstrument | OmegaCAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountType | alt-azimuth mount ⓘ |
| observes | southern sky ⓘ |
| operator | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Paranal Observatory telescope array NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pixelCount | 268 megapixels ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorDiameter | 2.6 m ⓘ |
| scienceGoals |
cosmological large-scale structure mapping
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galaxy evolution studies ⓘ search for variable and transient objects ⓘ stellar populations in the Milky Way ⓘ survey of nearby galaxies ⓘ |
| siteCode | Cerro Paranal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supports | multi-band imaging ⓘ |
| telescopeClass | survey facility ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Ritchey–Chrétien telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesDetector | CCD array ⓘ |
| wavelength | visible light ⓘ |
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Subject: VST telescope Description of subject: The VST telescope is a 2.6-meter wide-field survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the southern sky in visible light.
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