Quasar Equatorial Survey Team Explained

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

• Web site: The QUEST Camera . Meg . Schwamb . 10 June 2012 . 2018-05-09.
• World's Largest Digital Camera . Paul . Eisenstein . . November 2003 . condensed summary.
• World's Largest Astronomical CCD Camera Installed On Palomar Observatory Telescope . Indiana University . 5 August 2003.

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

• Web site: The QUEST Large-Area Equatorial Survey. 2000. P. Coppi. J. Snyder. 2006-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20050504182737/http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v31n5/aas195/888.htm. 2005-05-04. dead.
• News: World's Largest Digital Camera . Paul . Eisenstein . . 2003-11-11 . 34,37 . 2006-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051028063550/http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/1280781.html . 2005-10-28 . dead .
• Web site: QUEST (QUasar Equatorial Survey Team) Background. Astronomy Research at NCSA. 2006-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20050728112919/http://astronomy.ncsa.uiuc.edu/quest2/index.php. 2005-07-28. dead.