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A look at VISTA´s powerful eye
The Paranal engineer Gerhard Hüdepohl checks the huge camera attached at the Cassegrain focus of VISTA, directly below the cell of the main mirror. VISTA´s powerful eye is a 3-tonne camera containing 16 special detectors sensitive to infrared light with a combined total of 67 megapixels. It will have widest coverage of any astronomical near-infrared camera. VISTA is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky at near-infrared wavelengths.
Crédit:ESO
À propos de l'image
| Identification: | vista_hz_03 |
| Type: | Photographique |
| Date de publication: | 10 mai 2010 17:06 |
| Taille: | 4256 x 2832 px |
À propos de l'objet
| Nom: | VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Catégorie: | Survey Telescopes |
