VISTA

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
VISTA canonical 4
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea 1
VISTA surveys 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy ⓘ
linked to: VISTA telescope
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 ESO Paranal Observatory facility ⓘ
linked to: Paranal Observatory
pixelCount 67 megapixels ⓘ
primaryInstrument VISTA InfraRed CAMera ⓘ
linked to: VISTA telescope
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 Cerro Paranal ⓘ
linked to: Paranal Observatory
supportsSurvey UltraVISTA survey ⓘ
VISTA Hemisphere Survey ⓘ
VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey ⓘ
VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey ⓘ
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea ⓘ
linked to: VISTA
surveyStrategy tiling large sky areas ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Two Micron All Sky Survey → successorSurvey → VISTA surveys ⓘ
linked to: VISTA
VISTA → supportsSurvey → VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea ⓘ
linked to: VISTA