VST: A dedicated wide-field imaging facility at Paranal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4836, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-52

  Capaccioli, M ^b,c   Mancini, D ^c   Sedmak, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active optics; Astronomical surveys; Telescopes; Wide field imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING; MIRRORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SURVEYING;

WIDE FIELD IMAGING;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037629089     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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