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"Unveiling the World's Largest Digital Camera for Dark Universe Exploration"

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"Unveiling the World's Largest Digital Camera for Dark Universe Exploration"
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The world's largest digital camera for astronomy, with 3,200 megapixels, has been completed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. Weighing 3 metric tons and featuring a 5-foot front lens, the camera will be used for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to capture detailed images of the southern sky and transient objects like supernovae. It is set to begin its survey in 2025 and will help uncover information about dark matter and other key topics in astronomy.

Topics:scienceastronomy#astronomy#digital-camera#lsst#slac-national-accelerator-laboratory#vera-rubin-observatory
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  3. PHOTOS: World’s largest digital camera built by Santa Clara scientists  KRON4
  4. SLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy  Phys.org
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