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   On 24/06/2025 07:53, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > I can remember when reviews of digital cameras (including phone cameras)   
   > would decry the emphasis on more and more megapixels, saying there were   
   > other factors that went into the quality of the image, too.   
   >   
      
   > Well, astronomers might beg to disagree. They have just commissioned the   
   > world’s highest-resolution digital camera, at 3.2 gigapixels, as part of   
   > the Vera C Rubin telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile.   
      
   Not in the sky but, various on-earth images up to 320 Gigapixel images   
   from about 13 years ago.   
      
   https://360gigapixels.com   
      
   > Who was Vera Rubin? She collected data on the peculiar movements of stars   
   > in the outermost parts of galaxies that led to the inescapable conclusion   
   > that 90% of the Universe is made of “dark matter” -- matter we cannot see   
   > directly, but whose gravitational influence can be seen in those stars.   
      
   I can directly see dark matter most nights, gravitational influence   
   helps as I fall into bed (prefer alcohol though, softer landing), and   
   stars and Tweety Pie dance around me head.   
      
   --   
   Adrian C   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)