VISTA

VISTA

The VISTA is a reflecting telescope with a 4.1 metre mirror, located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. It is operated by the European Southern Observatory and saw first light in December 2009. VISTA is a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths, and is by far the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky at near-infrared wavelengths. The telescope has only one instrument: VIRCAM, the Vista InfraRed CAMera. This is a 3-tonne camera containing 16 special detectors sensitive to infrared light, with a combined total of 67 million pixels.

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VistA

The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture is an enterprise-wide information system built around an Electronic Health Record, used throughout the United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical system, known as the Veterans Health Administration .

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vista

Noun

  1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or a passage
  2. A site offering such a view.
  3. A vision, a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
    a vista of pleasure to come
    dim vistas of the past


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