A look into VISTA's powerful eye

The Paranal engineer Gerhard Hüdepohl checks the huge camera at the Cassegrain focus of VISTA, directly below the cell of the main mirror. The VISTA´s powerful eye is a 3-tonne camera containing 16 special detectors sensitive to infrared light with a combined total of 67 megapixels. It has the widest coverage of any astronomical near-infrared camera. VISTA is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky.

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Identificazione:vista_hz_04
Tipo:Fotografico
Data di rilascio:Lunedì 10 Maggio 2010 17:06
Grandezza:2832 x 4256 px

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Nome:VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categoria:Survey Telescopes

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