The VLT Survey Telescope (VST)
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at Cerro Paranal. The VST 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 will survey the visible-light sky. The VST is the result of a joint venture between ESO and the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (OAC) of Naples, a research centre of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF).
Credit:ESO/G.Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)
About the Image
| Id: | vst_gerd_2 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 6 June 2011, 14:34 |
| Related science announcements: | sciann13020 |
| Size: | 2832 x 4256 px |
About the Object
| Name: | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Survey Telescopes |
