VISTA Science Verification data release
Published: 18 Dec 2009
The Science Verification observations are part of a very important check of the entire operational procedures and a verification of the scientific status of the VISTA telescope and camera. Furthermore, these observations will provide the first comprehensive self-contained scientific data-sets from VISTA and these data will be immediately made public world-wide. This will allow the entire astronomical community to exploit the data scientifically, as well as provide a basis for planning future observations with VISTA.
VISTA Science Verification (SV) observations were carried out on 15 nights between October 15 and November 02, 2009.
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