The world's largest digital camera for astronomy.
The world's largest digital camera for astronomy.
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The SLAK National Accelerator Laboratory has announced the completion of the LSST camera and once installed on top of a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other mysteries. of our universe.
The prime focus imaging system was designed to take a 15-second exposure every 20 seconds to observe the universe in unprecedented detail, and the optical system including three spherical mirrors and large quick-change filters will be optimized to capture light at lengths of waves ranging from ultraviolet to infrared, according to the press release the images taken by the camera will contain so much detail that they could capture a golf ball about 24 km away, while covering a portion of the sky seven times larger. bigger than the full moon.
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