Astronomy:Quasar Equatorial Survey Team

Short description: Astronomical survey in Venezuela

The Quasar Equatorial Survey Team (QUEST) is a joint venture between Yale University, Indiana University, and Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia (CIDA) to photographically survey the sky using a digital camera, an array of 112 charge-coupled devices. Since 2009, it has used the 1 m ESO Schmidt Telescope in Chile. From 2003–2007, it used the 48 inch (1.22 m) Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory. Before that, it had used the 1.0-metre Schmidt telescope at the Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory in Venezuela.

References

• Schwamb, Meg (10 June 2012). "The QUEST Camera". http://www.astro.yale.edu/mschwamb/Quest_La_Silla_KBO_Survey/Telescope_and_Camera.html. 
• Eisenstein, Paul (November 2003). "World's Largest Digital Camera". Popular Mechanics. http://www.aoas.org/article.php?story=20031016181606257. 
• "World's Largest Astronomical CCD Camera Installed On Palomar Observatory Telescope" (Press release). Indiana University. 5 August 2003.

As of 08/09/2017 all the following links are broken.

• P. Coppi; J. Snyder (2000). "The QUEST Large-Area Equatorial Survey". http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v31n5/aas195/888.htm. 
• Eisenstein, Paul (2003-11-11). "World's Largest Digital Camera". Popular Mechanics: pp. 34,37. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/1280781.html. 
• "QUEST (QUasar Equatorial Survey Team) Background". Astronomy Research at NCSA. http://astronomy.ncsa.uiuc.edu/quest2/index.php.