Sorry! This page is not yet available in your preferred language, so we're displaying the original version instead.
A look into VISTA's powerful eye
The Paranal engineer Gerhard Hüdepohl checks the huge camera at the Cassegrain focus of VISTA, directly below the cell of the main mirror. The 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 has the widest coverage of any astronomical near-infrared camera. VISTA is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky.
Credit:ESO
Over de afbeelding
| Id: | vista_hz_04 |
| Type: | Fotografisch |
| Publicatiedatum: | 10 mei 2010 17:06 |
| Grootte: | 2832 x 4256 px |
Over het object
| Naam: | VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Categorie: | Survey Telescopes |
