VISTA

E176206

infrared telescope survey telescope telescope

VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
VISTA canonical	3
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea	1
VISTA surveys	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infrared telescope ⓘ survey telescope ⓘ telescope ⓘ
altitude	about 2635 metres ⓘ
commissioningDate	2009 ⓘ
constructionManagedBy	Science and Technology Facilities Council ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
dataArchive	ESO Science Archive Facility ⓘ
designedFor	mapping the southern sky ⓘ near-infrared sky surveys ⓘ wide-field surveys ⓘ
detectorType	HgCdTe infrared array ⓘ
fieldOfView	1.65 degrees ⓘ
firstLightDate	2007 ⓘ
focalRatio	f/3.25 ⓘ
fullName	VISTA telescope ⓘ surface form: Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
fundedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasInstrument	VIRCAM ⓘ
hemisphereCovered	southern sky ⓘ
location	Paranal Observatory ⓘ
mirrorMaterial	Zerodur ⓘ
mountType	alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
numberOfDetectors	16 infrared detectors ⓘ
observingBands	H band ⓘ J band ⓘ Ks band ⓘ Y band ⓘ Z band ⓘ
officialInaugurationDate	10 December 2009 ⓘ
operator	European Southern Observatory ⓘ
partOf	Paranal Observatory ⓘ surface form: ESO Paranal Observatory facility
pixelCount	67 megapixels ⓘ
primaryInstrument	VISTA telescope ⓘ surface form: VISTA InfraRed CAMera
primaryMirrorDiameter	4.1 metres ⓘ
scienceGoals	galaxy evolution studies ⓘ search for brown dwarfs ⓘ search for distant quasars ⓘ star formation studies ⓘ structure of the Milky Way ⓘ study of dark energy ⓘ study of dark matter ⓘ
site	Paranal Observatory ⓘ surface form: Cerro Paranal
supportsSurvey	UltraVISTA survey ⓘ VISTA Hemisphere Survey ⓘ VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey ⓘ VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey ⓘ VISTA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea
surveyStrategy	tiling large sky areas ⓘ
telescopeType	Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
wavelengthRange	near-infrared ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paranal Observatory → hasSurveyTelescope → VISTA ⓘ

ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → hasPart → VISTA ⓘ

Two Micron All Sky Survey → successorSurvey → VISTA ⓘ

this entity surface form: VISTA surveys

VISTA → supportsSurvey → VISTA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea

VISTA telescope → abbreviation → VISTA ⓘ