OmegaCAM, the monster camera of the VLT Survey Telescope
The OmegaCAM camera lies at the heart of the VST. It is built around 32 CCD detectors that together create 268-megapixel images. The camera contains extra CCDs to control the guiding and active optics systems as well as many huge colour filters. OmegaCAM was designed and built by a consortium including institutes in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy with major contributions from ESO. This picture shows the core detector system component of OmegaCAM.
Credit:
ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM/O. Iwert
About the Image
| Id: | eso1119d |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 8 June 2011, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1119 |
| Size: | 1020 x 1360 px |
About the Object
| Name: | OmegaCAM |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument • Survey Telescopes |
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