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World’s largest digital camera built by Stanford scientists

The creation of the 3,200-megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will allow scientists to capture never-before-seen dark matter and dark energy.
The camera, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, features six special filters to analyze different types of light for astronomical data.
The LSST Camera, set to begin its survey in 2025, will provide detailed photos of billions of galaxies and 37 billion celestial bodies, expanding our understanding of fundamental physics.

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Hindustan Times

World's largest digital camera gets ready for its cosmic photoshoot

Measuring 5.1 feet in width, the optical lens of the camera will capture 15-second exposures of the sky at intervals of 20 seconds.

28 days ago·New Delhi, India

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The Sun

World's largest digital camera 'can photograph a golf ball from 15 mile away'

THE largest digital camera ever built is finally ready – and it’s going to create a stunning map of the night sky. Astronomers hope that over the next decade, the car-sized snapper will help reveal the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. SWNSThe LSST camera has finally been assembled in California[/caption] SWNSIt will eventually move to Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory[/caption] Its official name is the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (L…

28 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Hill

World’s largest digital camera built by Stanford scientists

The camera is roughly the size of a small car and weighs about 3 metric tons.

28 days ago·Washington, United States

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Infobae

Culmina la fabricación de LSST, la mayor cámara digital astronómica

Después de dos décadas de trabajo en el SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory de EEUU, ha culminado la construcción de la mayor cámara digital destinada a la astronamía. Con 3.200 megapíxeles, la cámara Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) será el corazón del Observatorio Vera C. Rubin, que se construye en Chile, y ayudará a los investigadores a observar el universo con un detalle sin precedentes. Durante diez años, generará una enorme cantidad…

28 days ago·C A B A, Argentina

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UPI

World's largest digital camera to research elusive dark matter, dark energy

The 3,200-megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will reveal what so far has remained unseen and only exists in scientific theory -- dark matter and dark energy.

29 days ago·Washington, United States

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Noticias ao Minuto

Complete construction of the largest digital camera ever.

Foi completada a construção da LSST Camera, a maior câmara digital alguma vez criada e que ficará instalada no Observatório Vera Rubin no Chile. A LSST Camera conta com 3,2 mil milhões de pixels e demorou nove anos a ser construída, tendo como objetivo o programa Legacy Survey of Space and Time - uma observação completa e constante do Espaço durante os próximos dez anos e reunirá um total de 60 petabytes. Esta câmara digital ajudará a criar alg…

28 days ago·Portugal

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