Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
An optical survey observatory in Chile conducting the wide, fast, deep Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
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Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA · CC BY
- Type: Observatory
- Domain: Scientific connections
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Observatory scientific profile
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Measure
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Locate
Named after Vera Rubin.
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Connect
14 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
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- Observatory
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Ground context
- Named after
Vera Rubin
- Studies
The Milky Way
- Operated by
NSF NOIRLab
- Observes
Visible light
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Observation system
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- Observatory
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- Associated withAstronomy Education
- Associated withCCD
- Associated withCounterpart Search
- MeasuresLarge-Scale Structure
- Conducts surveyLegacy Survey of Space and Time
- Associated withNEO Discovery
- Operated byNSF NOIRLab
- Associated withReal-Time Alert Classification
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Image provenance
Photography as evidence
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Curated next objects
Vera Rubin
An American astronomer whose study of galaxy rotation curves provided strong evidence for dark matter.
galaxyThe Milky Way
The barred spiral galaxy that contains the Solar System, the Sun, and all stars visible to the naked eye.
organizationNSF NOIRLab
NSF's NOIRLab is the US national centre for ground-based, night-time optical and infrared astronomy, operating Gemini, CTIO, Kitt Peak, and the Rubin Observatory.
wavelength bandVisible light
Visible light is the band the human eye sees and the traditional domain of optical telescopes.
sky surveyLegacy Survey of Space and Time
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time, conducted by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will image the entire southern sky every few nights for a decade.
cosmology conceptStructure Formation
The gravitational growth of tiny early density variations into the galaxies, clusters, and cosmic web we see today.
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Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
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observatory:vera-rubin-observatory- Type
- Observatory
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- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/observatory:vera-rubin-observatory
Scientific quality
Partial3 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
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- Complete
- Source coverage
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- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- None
- Image coverage
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- Timeline coverage
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- Cosmology conceptThe Cosmic WebLinked through Structure Formation
- Sky surveyDark Energy SurveyLinked through Visible light
- Astrophysical objectDark Matter HaloLinked through Vera Rubin
- Astrophysical objectGalaxy ClusterLinked through Structure Formation
- Sky surveySloan Digital Sky SurveyLinked through Visible light
- ObservatoryCerro Tololo Inter-American ObservatoryLinked through NSF NOIRLab
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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