VST

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VST is a wide-field optical survey telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory, designed primarily for large-scale imaging of the night sky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf optical telescope
survey telescope
telescope
abbreviationOf VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED
altitude about 2600 metres above sea level
associatedWith Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED
cameraType wide-field CCD camera
constructionPartner INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte NERFINISHED
countryOfDesign Italy NERFINISHED
dataProduct deep multi-band optical images
large-area sky surveys
designedBy INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte NERFINISHED
equippedWith OmegaCAM NERFINISHED
fieldOfView 1 square degree
firstLightDate 2011
fullName VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED
hasAcronym VST NERFINISHED
hemisphere southern hemisphere
inaugurationDate 2011
locatedAt Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED
locatedIn Atacama Desert
Chile
mainCamera OmegaCAM NERFINISHED
mirrorType Ritchey–Chrétien NERFINISHED
notableFeature dedicated wide-field survey capability at ESO Paranal
observatorySite Cerro Paranal NERFINISHED
operatedBy European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED
operatorAcronym ESO NERFINISHED
ownedBy European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED
partOf Paranal Observatory telescope array NERFINISHED
pixelCount 268 megapixels
primaryMirrorDiameter 2.6 metres
260 centimetres
primaryPurpose large-scale optical imaging
wide-field imaging survey of the night sky
scienceFocus cosmological surveys
extragalactic astronomy
galactic structure
stellar populations
supportsSurvey ATLAS NERFINISHED
KIDS
VPHAS+ NERFINISHED
telescopeType alt-azimuth mounted telescope
wavelengthRange near-ultraviolet to near-infrared
optical

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