This is a 4 meter survey telescope that can image in the IR. There are now several exceptionally powerful survey telescopes being constructed or in active use, including the exceptionally powerful PAN-STARRS telescopes with a 1.4 gigapixel detector in each. They, collecting TBs of data per day, will revolutionize our list of space objects. Hopefully a secondary target for the New Horizons mission will be found as a result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISTA_(telescope)
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