VST. The VLT Survey Telescope Project
Contact: Sedmak@ts.astro.it
Giorgio Sedmak
Universita di Trieste, Dipartimento di Astronomia
Via G.B.Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italia
Abstract
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) project is a cooperation of ESO, the
Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory in Naples, Italy,
and the European Omegacam Consortium,
for the design, realization, installation, and operation at ESO Paranal
Observatory in Chile of a 2.6 m aperture, 1 degree x 1 degree wide field
imaging facility in the spectral range from UV to I bands.
The VST project was proposed
to ESO in 1997, the realization started in 1998, and the scientific
operation is expected for October 2001.
This report summarizes the VST project status as on July 1999.
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