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First Images from VLT Survey Telescope Revealed

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PARANAL, Chile, June 8, 2011 — With a startling portrait of the Swan Nebula, images acquired at the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) have begun to reveal the universe in more detail than ever before from a terrestrial site. The latest telescope to be added to the Paranal Observatory — operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile — the VST is expected to provide sharp wide-field images of large swaths of the night sky. Part of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope operation, and in collaboration with INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte of Naples,...Read full article

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    Published: June 2011
    AmericasAtacama DesertcamerasCCDChileESOEuropeEuropean Southern ObservatoryImagingINAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di CapodimonteMassimo CapaccioliOmega CentauriOmega NebulaOmegaCAMParanal ObservatoryResearch & TechnologySensors & DetectorsSwan NebulaTim de ZeeuwVery Large TelescopeVLT Survey Telescope

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