The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy — VISTA
The VISTA telescope in its dome. It has a main mirror that is 4.1 metres across, being by far the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky at near-infrared wavelengths.
Credit:Dave Jones/ESO
About the Image
Id: | dave-jones-2 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 December 2013, 10:01 |
Related science announcements: | sciann13057 |
Size: | 3172 x 4583 px |
About the Object
Name: | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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