Credits
This website has been conceived, structured and developed as part of the communication activities of the Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) project, within the framework of the European communication, dissemination and outreach strategy described in the WST Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan (CoDEP). Web design, content architecture, editorial development and project supervision were carried out by the WST communication office (WP 6.3) specifically by:
• Lorenza Vianello (WP 6.3 Team Co-Leader) – Contracted Consultant at the Physics and Astronomy Department “A. Righi” (DIFA), University of Bologna (Website Strategy & Team Lead)
• Maria Cristina Fortuna INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Website Project Lead)
• Letizia Cassarà INAF IASF Milano (Website Content Support)
in collaboration with the project office and the appointed web development providers:
Image Credits
Unless otherwise stated in individual captions or image notes, all images marked with the WST label are released under the Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
WST telescope 3D renderings published on this website were created by Maria Cristina Fortuna, based on technical drawings by Gaston Gausachs.
Other images on this website are credited to their respective owners, as indicated where relevant, including partner institutions, observatories, agencies, or external contributors. If you notice any incorrect or missing image credits, please inform us at communications[at]wstelescope.eu so that we can make the necessary corrections.
The sky background in the Home animation is an adapted version of Gaia sky in colour, courtesy of ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
The image credits for the box images on WST in a nutshell are as follows:
- MOS-LR (galaxies): ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi
- MOS-LR (stars): ESO
- MOS-HR: NASA, ESA, Thomas Brown
- IFS: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker
The background image on the Sustainability page is courtesy of ESO.
Third-party materials remain the property of their respective rights holders.
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