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UK's Vista Telescope Takes Stunning Images
from BBC News Online
The first images have been revealed from a telescope that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other.
The Vista (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is dedicated to mapping the sky in infrared light.
Spectacular images, including some of the centre of our Milky Way, show, astronomers say, that the UK-designed telescope is working "extremely well." It is based at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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