This is the largest digital camera in the world, it has a resolution of 3,200 MP It can take pictures from a distance of 24 km All

KOMPA.com – Development project Digital camera The largest in the world or called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) has finally been completed. Camera This giant was unveiled at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California, last October.

This camera has the world’s largest resolution of 3.2 gigapixels or 3,200 MP. With this resolution, camera can photograph golf balls from a distance of 24 kilometers.

The camera will then be installed at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, on top of Monte Cerro Pachon, Chile, in 2024.

There, the LSST camera will be tasked with photographing around 20 billion galaxies over the next 10 years. Each photo taken will be collected every night with a total of around 15 TB.

The accumulated photos will help researchers discover the mysterious nature of dark matter and study how galaxies are formed.

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“When we see a new phenomenon, within 60 seconds of pressing the camera button, we can send a notification to anyone who is curious,” said Travis Lange, chief engineer of the LSST camera, quoted by Cnet.

At the end of the 10-year business, the LSST camera will create a 3D film of the southern sky portrait.

It weighs 3 tons, the size of a car

Technically, LSST cameras have the same functions as digital cameras in general. However, the dimensions of this camera are much larger.

There are 189 sensors that use light from objects such as stars which are then converted into electrical signals so that digital images can be produced.

Each sensor is a square with a length on each side of approximately 42mm. When added together, the LSST camera offers a resolution of 3.2 gigapixels or the equivalent of 3,200 MP. This mount allows the LSST camera to photograph golf balls from a distance of 24 kilometers.

All sensors are then framed with a 1.57 meter diameter lens. This is the biggest goal ever, thus earning the Guinness World Records as compiled KompasTekno from New scientistWednesday (3/11/2022).

The body itself reaches 3 tons and is physically equivalent to a car, but is almost 2 meters tall.

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Despite being inaugurated, the LSST camera has yet to go through the final stages of modification before being put into operation at the end of 2024 on top of Monte Cerro Pachón.

This camera is also equipped with cooling technology that will keep the device temperature stable down to -100 degrees Celsius. This cooling technology update is the last change before it is used.

In May 2023, SLAC scientists will begin packing the LSST camera and place it on a Boeing 747, for transport to Santiago, Chile. The camera was then placed on a train to reach the observatory atop Cerro Pachón.

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