The detectors of OmegaCAM
The OmegaCAM camera lies at the heart of the VST. This view shows its 32 CCD detectors that together create 268-megapixel images. OmegaCAM was designed and built by a consortium including institutes in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy with major contributions from ESO.
Credit:ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM/O. Iwert
About the Image
| Id: | eso1119j |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 8 June 2011, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1119 |
| Size: | 1360 x 1020 px |
About the Object
| Name: | OmegaCAM |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
| Category: | Survey Telescopes |
