OmegaCAM
This image shows OmegaCAM in the laboratory. The primary goal of OmegaCAM at the VST is to provide faint and/or rare objects for VLT spectroscopic follow-up. In addiction it will offer a powerful survey capability per se in a large variety of astrophysical domains. Examples are 1) search for trans-neptunian objects; 2) micro-lensing surveys in the Galactic bulge region; 3) search for distant clusters of galaxies. This image was obtained in December 2005.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | omegacam6-12-05 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:22 |
Size: | 2593 x 4000 px |
About the Object
Name: | OmegaCAM |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Publication TIFF 4K
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