04-26-2012, 03:26 PM
Saw a blurb in the news today which reminded me of the 80 MegaPixel camera thread of a few days ago...
"April 24, 2012
Menlo Park, Calif. — A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera...is now one step closer to reality. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera, which will capture the widest, fastest and deepest view of the night sky ever observed, has received “Critical Decision 1” approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move into the next stage of the project. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will survey the entire visible sky every week..."
[spoiler=I laugh at the puniness of your 80 MegaPixel sensor...]
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"April 24, 2012
Menlo Park, Calif. — A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera...is now one step closer to reality. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera, which will capture the widest, fastest and deepest view of the night sky ever observed, has received “Critical Decision 1” approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move into the next stage of the project. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will survey the entire visible sky every week..."
[spoiler=I laugh at the puniness of your 80 MegaPixel sensor...]
[/spoiler]
