quite a beast!

[AndrewRrrrrr]

https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/slac-completes-construction-of-the-largest-digital-camera-ever-built-for-astronomy

 

!!!!

[saac]

Wow.

Jim

[Clarkey]

Blimey, that will fill your hard drive quickly!

[Albir phil]

Is it available to fit a Canon 750D🤔😵‍💫

[M40]

I can feel the clouds forming already 

[maw lod qan]

Can that be used to do some macro?

[jjohnson3803]

Does Amazon stock a camera bag that'll fit that?

 

Edited April 4 by jjohnson3803

[WolfieGlos]

Well I think we’ve found the source of this constant cloud cover 

3200 megapixels is incredible, I wonder how large a file a single sub would be 🤯

[Steve Ward]

1 hour ago, WolfieGlos said:

Well I think we’ve found the source of this constant cloud cover 

3200 megapixels is incredible, I wonder how large a file a single sub would be 🤯

Can't find a  figure for a single sub , yet.

But the nightly data figures are pretty impressive .... 😲

https://www.lsst.org/scientists/keynumbers

Dataset properties:
Nightly data size: 20TB/night
Final database size (DR11) : 15 PB
Real-time alert latency : 60 seconds

Edited April 6 by Steve Ward

[Steve Ward]

Interesting report from the team regarding satellite impact on the project , it's not just the amateurs that are fed up with Musk ... 😉

 

https://www.lsst.org/content/lsst-statement-regarding-increased-deployment-satellite-constellations

[LaurenceT]

I hear it's on back order already!

Must be flying off the shelf....