Juan Carlos Muñoz on Nostr: 1/ Happy 15th birthday, VISTA! The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for ...

1/ Happy 15th birthday, VISTA! The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, located at Paranal Observatory in #Chile, has been tirelessly mapping huge areas of the sky at infrared wavelengths. It's camera VIRCAM has captured stunning infrared vistas (see what I did there?) of our galaxy and beyond such as these: https://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/search/?facility=30

📷 G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO

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