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|    Retrograde to JAB    |
|    Re: 3,200 Megapixels    |
|    09 Oct 22 02:15:47    |
   
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   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On 2022-10-07, JAB wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I boggle thinking at the data storage needs for a device like this.   
   Imagine the terabytes that thing must produce, and how you would   
   organize and store and compare all those images. Cool stuff.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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