World’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding Approval

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ^ | January 9, 2015 | No Attribution

[MeshugeMikey]

Menlo Park, Calif. — Plans for the construction of the world’s largest digital camera at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a major milestone. The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries, has received key “Critical Decision 2” approval from the DOE.

[MeshugeMikey]

a camera the size of a car..

astonishing

I have to do another search for the total Price

[Junk Silver]

They'll have to bring in the Army Corps of Engineers to design and build a workable "selfie-stick".

[9thLife]

Here's a pic:

[knarf]

photo op

[knarf]

But seriously folks ....

why ?

[GeronL]

the stars will still be white dots

[MeshugeMikey]

now thats RACESS!!

let us not forget the Great Contributions that BLACK HOLES have made to the Universe

[ThomasThomas]

*** why ?***

will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries...

I have heard this question from my parents generation.

Hopefully it will qualify as one on the universe’s biggest mysteries,

[ThomasThomas]

Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? ..

[knarf]

Like ... what does God look like ?

[LegendHasIt]

I sorta get the why, technically... What I'm having a hard time figuring out is why the Department of Energy is doing astronomy.

[MeshugeMikey]

Beacuse they can. and they have our taz money to play with

I want a camera with a thiry two hundred megapixel sensor too....but not being a billionaire thats not a likelihood

[MeshugeMikey]

ya suppose that Obie will demand one too??

[knarf]

we gotta’ black hole in the white hut right now, as a matter of fact.

[MeshugeMikey]

Im guessing that that could make a HUGE negative

[MeshugeMikey]

imagine..finally being able to photograph the deficit....

[The Cajun]

the stars will still be white dots

But much bigger white dots :)

[Fungi]

3,200 megapixel. Is that right? It may be large but the sensor is small with regard to the size of the camera. Do I have this right?

[Vendome]

Whoa!!! 3,200-megapixel

[knarf]

Y'beat me TO it ... was thinkin' the same thing ...

Apparently the light bar is phenominal