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   3,200 Megapixels: The World's Largest Camera is Almost Complete   
      
   Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are nearly done   
   with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world's   
   largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.   
      
   The LSST Camera is roughly the size of a small car and weighs three   
   tons. It features a five-foot wide front lens and a 3,200-megapixel   
   sensor that will be cooled to -100 degrees Celcius to reduce noise.   
      
   The camera will eventually live atop the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's   
   Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile where it will be tasked with   
   observing the night sky for a decade with the goal of providing a   
   trove of data that scientists will study to try and understand some of   
   the universe's biggest mysteries, including the nature of dark energy   
   and dark matter.   
      
   https://petapixel.com/2022/10/04/3200-megapixels-the-worlds-larg   
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