VLT Survey Telescope
This state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope is with the ESO VLT on Cerro Paranal, a perfect location for ground-based astronomical observations. It is be equipped with an enormous 268-megapixel camera called OmegaCAM that is be the successor of the very successful Wide Field Imager (WFI) installed at the 2.2-m MPG/ESO Telescope on La Silla.
Credit:ESO/V.Castelo
About the Image
Id: | castelo-paranal-10 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 24 April 2013, 14:45 |
Size: | 4288 x 2848 px |
About the Object
Name: | VLT Survey Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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