OmegaCAM

OmegaCAM, a single enormous optical CCD imaging camera, is the sole instrument of the VST. OmegaCAM and the VST will survey the sky to study a wide range of astrophysical domains, from the Solar System to the Milky Way and distant galaxies in the early Universe.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:omega-cam-high-b
Type:Photographic
Release date:28 April 2015, 21:10
Related science announcements:sciann13002
Size:2848 x 4272 px

About the Object

Name:OmegaCAM
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal

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