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  2. VLT Survey Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The VST dome among VLT's telescopes. It is located in the background between two of the VLT auxiliary telescopes (small round enclosures). The VST is an alt-azimuthal wide-field survey telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 2.65 meters that was constructed from 2007 to 2011 at the ESO Cerro Paranal Observatory, in Chile.

  3. European Southern Observatory - Wikipedia

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    European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (L–R): ESO logo; Map of member states Abbreviation ESO Formation 1962 ; 63 years ago (1962) Type Intergovernmental organisation Purpose astronomy Research organisation Headquarters Garching, Germany Membership 16 Official language English, French, German Director General Xavier Barcons Website www.eso.org Trailer of ...

  4. ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre - Wikipedia

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    The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is an astronomy centre located at the site of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Headquarters in Garching bei München. It offers exhibitions, guided tours and planetarium shows that feature observations made by the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory.

  5. VISTA (telescope) - Wikipedia

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    The VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is a wide-field reflecting telescope with a 4.1 metre mirror, located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.It is operated by the European Southern Observatory and started science operations in December 2009.

  6. Paranal Observatory - Wikipedia

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    From an aerial view of the Paranal Observatory, the four large units of the VLT with their four small, dome-shaped auxiliary telescopes can be clearly seen. The Survey Telescope, VST, is immediately adjacent to the VLT and seen in between two of its units, while VISTA is located on a secondary peak, some 1,500 m away in the background (see image).

  7. Digitized Sky Survey - Wikipedia

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    The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a digitized version of several photographic astronomical surveys of the night sky, produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute between 1983 and 2006. Versions and source material

  8. Cosmic Evolution Survey - Wikipedia

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    COSMOS's 3-D map of the large-scale distribution of dark matter, reconstructed from measurements of weak gravitational lensing with the Hubble Space Telescope. [ 1 ] The Cosmic Evolution Survey ( COSMOS ) is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury Project to survey a two square degree equatorial field with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS ...

  9. Position resection and intersection - Wikipedia

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    Position resection and intersection are methods for determining an unknown geographic position (position finding) by measuring angles with respect to known positions.In resection, the one point with unknown coordinates is occupied and sightings are taken to the known points; in intersection, the two points with known coordinates are occupied and sightings are taken to the unknown point.