Closeup of the VISTA Camera Entrance Window
This camera for the VISTA instrument at Paranal contains 16 2048 × 2048 infrared (IR) detectors for conducting IR astronomy, well-suited for observing the cold, the obscured, and the high-redshift Universe.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | paranal_vista-0509 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
| Size: | 5616 x 3744 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - Survey Telescopes |
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