The Largest Digital Camera Ever Built for Astronomy Makes Its Debut

Image caption: LSST Camera Deputy Project Manager Travis Lange shines a flashlight into the LSST Camera, a massive camera the size of a small car. Image courtesy of Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Article by Shannon Brescher Shea, Office of Science. CleanTechnica – April 3, 2024. Originally published by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

On screensaver mode, smart TVs often rotate through photos of natural wonders, from waterfalls to canyons. Now imagine hundreds of those televisions, with one single image spread out among them. The photograph is a sweeping panorama of a huge section of the night sky, with stars and galaxies shining bright throughout. […]

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