T HE V I www.vista.ac.uk V ISTA'S ISIBLE & NFRARED S UR VEY T ELESCOPE FOR A STRONOMY .R 1.65DEGREE DIAMETER INFRARED FIELD OF VIEW FEEDS A APID DEEP IR 4- METRE PRIMARY MIRROR AND MEGAPIXEL OBJECTS FOR FOLLOW-UP WITH VLT, AND DIRECTLY STUDY A WIDE VARIETY OF ASTRONOMICAL TOPICS (0.34 PIXEL ) CAMERA (0.85­2.3µm) 64 IMAGING SURVEYS WILL BOTH SELECT . ... As an ESO telescope, VISTA and its large surveys will now be fully exploited by the whole ESO community. ... VISTA Figure 9: Telescope support base. ...