File:LSST Camera has room for 40 full Moons (ann20013e).tiff

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The LSST Camera’s focal plane has a surface area large enough to capture a portion of the sky about the size of 40 full Moons. Its resolution is so high that you could spot a golf ball from 24 km (15 miles) away.

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English: The LSST Camera’s focal plane has a surface area large enough to capture a portion of the sky about the size of 40 full Moons. Its resolution is so high that you could spot a golf ball from 24 km (15 miles) away.
Date 8 September 2020, 18:59 (upload date)
Source LSST Camera has room for 40 full Moons
Author Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NSF/DOE/Rubin Observatory/AURA
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