The VISTA camera
The 4.2m infrared telescope, located on a peak about 1.5km from Paranal's summit, will be equipped with a giant, 64-megapixel infrared camera. The camera is operated under vacuum at very low temperature so to be sensitive to the infrared light. The image shows the large lens that constitutes the entrance of the camera. The whole camera will be attached at the bottom of the telescope.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
Id: | vista-camera |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 3826 x 2648 px |
About the Object
Name: | VIRCAM, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |