COSMOS field
E822856
The COSMOS field is a well-studied, two-square-degree region of the sky extensively observed across multiple wavelengths to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies and large-scale cosmic structure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| COSMOS field canonical | 2 |
| COSMOS 2 square degree field | 1 |
| cosmography research team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9809012 — 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: COSMOS field Context triple: [CANDELS survey, field, COSMOS field]
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COSMO
COSMO is a German public radio station focused on multicultural, international, and contemporary music and culture, produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and partner broadcasters.
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B.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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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.
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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.
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Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
- 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: COSMOS field Target entity description: The COSMOS field is a well-studied, two-square-degree region of the sky extensively observed across multiple wavelengths to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies and large-scale cosmic structure.
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A.
COSMO
COSMO is a German public radio station focused on multicultural, international, and contemporary music and culture, produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and partner broadcasters.
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B.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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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.
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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.
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Advanced Camera for Surveys
The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical survey field
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deep extragalactic field ⓘ multiwavelength survey region ⓘ |
| approximateArea | 2 square degrees ⓘ |
| centralRoleIn | multiwavelength extragalactic cosmology ⓘ |
| contains | millions of detected galaxies ⓘ |
| cosmicVarianceProperty | designed to minimize cosmic variance for structure studies ⓘ |
| dataPubliclyAvailable | true ⓘ |
| hasDataProducts |
X-ray source catalogs
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multiwavelength photometric catalogs ⓘ photometric redshift catalogs ⓘ radio source catalogs ⓘ spectroscopic redshift catalogs ⓘ weak-lensing mass maps ⓘ |
| locatedIn | constellation Sextans ⓘ |
| observedWith |
ALMA
ⓘ
linked to:
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
CFHT ⓘ
linked to:
Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ GALEX ⓘ
linked to:
GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Herschel Space Observatory ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ Keck Observatory ⓘ
linked to:
W. M. Keck Observatory
NOAO telescopes ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ Subaru Telescope ⓘ UKIRT ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
VLT ⓘ
linked to:
Very Large Telescope
Very Large Array ⓘ XMM-Newton ⓘ
linked to:
XMM-Newton mission
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| partOfSurvey | COSMOS survey ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
study galaxy formation and evolution
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study large-scale structure of the Universe ⓘ |
| surveyDepth | deep imaging to high redshift ⓘ |
| surveyNameAcronym |
Cosmic Evolution Survey
ⓘ
linked to:
COSMOS survey
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| usedFor |
active galactic nucleus studies
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cosmic star-formation history studies ⓘ dark matter distribution studies ⓘ galaxy cluster identification ⓘ high-redshift galaxy studies ⓘ large-scale structure mapping ⓘ weak gravitational lensing studies ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
X-ray
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far-infrared ⓘ mid-infrared ⓘ near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ radio ⓘ ultraviolet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: COSMOS field Description of subject: The COSMOS field is a well-studied, two-square-degree region of the sky extensively observed across multiple wavelengths to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies and large-scale cosmic structure.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: COSMOS field
linked to: COSMOS field