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   Retrograde to JAB   
   Re: 3,200 Megapixels   
   09 Oct 22 02:15:47   
   
   XPost: misc.news.internet.discuss   
   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.   
      
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