Installation of the VISTA camera
The VISTA camera is brought into alignment with other elements of the telescope. Located some 1.5km from the peak where the VLT sits, VISTA will survey the sky for objects of interest glowing in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | paranal_vista-0528 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:20 |
| Size: | 3744 x 5616 px |
About the Object
| Name: | VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Survey Telescopes |
