First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope

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Gary
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First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope

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Can I buy a 268-megapixel camera at the IT Show 2011? LOL :)

Download the hundreds of megabytes original tiff versions and make your eyes pop as you zoom in more and more. :)

In the meantime, enjoy their "smallest" screensize versions:

Source: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1119/

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Post by wucheeyiun »

Very intriguing and Impressive.
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Post by jimmyleong »

it is beautiful ....
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