OmegaCAM
OmegaCAM, a single enormous optical CCD imaging camera, is the sole instrument of the VST. OmegaCAM and the VST will survey the sky to study a wide range of astrophysical domains, from the Solar System to the Milky Way and distant galaxies in the early Universe.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | omega-cam-high-b |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 28 April 2015, 21:10 |
Related science announcements: | sciann13002 |
Size: | 2848 x 4272 px |
About the Object
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