A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Robert A. Heinlein Lady Vivamus
Messier of Stars 17
Suffering Succatash! It's full of stars!
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has released it's first images of the southern sky. The VST is a 2.6-metre telescope, with the large 268-megapixel camera called the OmegaCAM.
Well I expect we shall be seeing a lot more pics in the future. Sure would like to get my mitts on the full resolution images, then I could partake in some pixel peeping
It is the largest telescope in the world and was designed to exclusively survey the sky in the visible light spectrum. Over the next few years the VST and its camera OmegaCAM will make several detailed surveys of the southern sky. All of the survey data will be made public.
The site has undergone an extensive renovation. It's mostly there but there are still some bits to be cleaned up…
