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.
Credit: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: | VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |
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