California Scientists Build A Camera To Take Pictures Of Huge Swath Of Sky
Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli.
by Joe Palca
Sep 08, 2020
1 minute
Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique camera for a unique telescope.
The Rubin Observatory telescope going up on Cerro Pachรณn in north-central Chile can capture an unusually large swath of sky in a single image.
The camera capable in Menlo Park, Calif., certainly is.
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