World's Most Powerful Digital Camera
The Dark Energy Camera: World's Most Powerful Digital Camera
570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) is World's Most Powerful Digital Camera, The Dark Energy Camera is the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away in each snapshot. The camera's array of 62 charged-coupled devices has an unprecedented sensitivity to
570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) is World's Most Powerful Digital Camera, The Dark Energy Camera is the most powerful survey instrument of its kind, able to see light from over 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away in each snapshot. The camera's array of 62 charged-coupled devices has an unprecedented sensitivity to
very red light, and along with the Blanco telescope's large light-gathering mirror (which spans 13 feet across), will allow scientists from around the world to pursue investigations ranging from studies of asteroids in our own Solar System to the understanding of the origins and the fate of the universe...