VISTA telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/VISTA_telescope
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 2008
gptkbp:commissioned 2009
gptkbp:country gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:elevation 2635 meters
gptkbp:fieldOfView 1.65 degrees
gptkbp:firstLight 2008
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Visible_and_Infrared_Survey_Telescope_for_Astronomy
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cerro_Paranal
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paranal_Observatory
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:European_Southern_Observatory
gptkbp:photo gptkb:VIRCAM
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter 4.1 meters
gptkbp:purpose sky survey
gptkbp:surveyedBy gptkb:VISTA_Hemisphere_Survey
gptkb:VISTA_Kilo-degree_Infrared_Galaxy_Survey
gptkb:VISTA_Magellanic_Cloud_Survey
gptkb:VISTA_Variables_in_the_Via_Lactea
gptkbp:type survey telescope
gptkbp:wavelengthRange infrared
visible
gptkbp:website https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/surveytelescopes/vista/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paranal_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VISTA telescope