VST waiting for action
Inside of its enclosure, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) waits for action. It is a state-of-the-art 2.6-metre telescope equipped with OmegaCAM, a monster 268 megapixel CCD camera with a field of view four times the area of the full Moon. It is designed to survey the sky in the visible light and to complement the 4.1-metre VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) infrared survey telescope.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | mg_0764 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 26 April 2013, 14:19 |
Size: | 3744 x 5616 px |
About the Object
Name: | VLT Survey Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal Survey Telescopes |
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