OmegaCAM is a 1 square degree wide field, optical, 16k X 16k camera for the VLT Survey Telescope (VST). OmegaCAM has been commissioned Summer 2011 and has started operations mid-Oct 2011. KIDS survey data is currently being taken at Paranal Observatory in Chile and processed by the Astro-WISE consortium in Europe (see also VST portal).

OmegaCEN	NOVA - outreach	Kapteyn Instituut Groningen	USM	ESO	INAF

OmegaCAM is built by a consortium of institutes, which in turn coordinate the contributions of more institutes in the following countries:

• The Netherlands: NOVA (see also NOVA Public Outreach), Kapteyn Instituut Groningen, OmegaCEN.
• Germany: Universitäts-Sternwarte München
• Italy: Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
• The European Southern Observatory

News

OmegaCAM en VST van start

medium resolution (3.7 MB)

high resolution (16 MB)

First images from the VLT Survey Telescope: VST and 268 megapixel OmegaCAM start work [press release: NL | EN]

Recent Project Information

The Astro-WISE Brochure The Astro-WISE information system was designed for OmegaCAM. This brochure contains descriptions of the Astro-WISE environment and the Dutch and European programme for Astro-WISE in 2008 and beyond.

• Article: OmegaCAM: the 16k × 16k CCD Camera for the VLT Survey Telecope, in PDF format, as published in ESO Messenger 110.
• The OmegaCAM project including Presentations and articles: OBSERVING AND DATAMINING with OmegaCAM
• Collected links for preparing OmegaCAM observations
• Most recent documents on Astro-WISE website

Pictures and Press

• OmegaCAM signing ceremony and ASTRO-WISE Kick-off
• Picture gallery- including video-movie of housing/filter unit
• Press Release (13 March 2002)