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The VST (VLT Survey Telescope 1) project is a cooperation between the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (OAC) for the study, design and construction of a wide field (1 square degree) alt-az telescope of 2.6 m aperture, specialized for high quality astronomical imaging, to be installed and operated at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The telescope is builted by the OAC, whereas ESO is building the enclosure and will operate VST for 10 years. The VST will be equipped with a 32 CCDs 16kxl6k (15 μ/pixel, 0.21 arcsec/pixel) mosaic camera called as OmegaCAM, which is realized by an European Consortium joining institutes from Germany, The Netherlands and Italy, with the participation and coordination bv ESO.
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Silvotti, R., Alcalá, J.M. (2003). The VLT Survey Telescope: an Efficient Facility for the Study of the WD Luminosity Function. In: de Martino, D., Silvotti, R., Solheim, JE., Kalytis, R. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO Science Series, vol 105. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0215-8_128
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