The Sky Distribution of VLT Observations

Author(s)
J. Alves, M. Lombardi
Abstract

The sky is not all the same. Observers have favorite regions where most telescope time is spent while others are apparently ignored. To quantifythis predilection we constructed an all-sky distribution of VLTpointings and found the existence of a well defined unpopular region, a~20' band above and below the Galactic plane, where the VLT rarely spends any time.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Journal
The Messenger
Volume
118
Pages
15
ISSN
0722-6691
Publication date
12-2004
Peer reviewed
Yes
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/7b04db63-e493-4fa4-8bcc-38def9cb3e09