The first test images from the world’s largest and most powerful digital camera have been released. The world’s largest digital camera was installed in a telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The 3200-megapixel camera, named LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time), works like a regular digital camera and contains 189 sensors that collect light from stars and other celestial objects, converting it into electrical signals which are then used to create digital images. Each sensor is 16 millimeters in size, and each one has more pixels than an iPhone camera. The installation of this camera had been in progress for quite some time, and now its first images have finally been revealed, showing millions upon millions of stars and galaxies. With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, the camera installed at the Chilean observatory will officially have its first images and videos released on the night of June 23. The test images that have been released are based on 10 hours of observation with the camera. According to a statement issued by the National Science Foundation, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more detailed data about our universe than any optical telescope before. In its early observations, the observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, 7 of which are near Earth. According to the National Science Foundation, it is expected that within the first two years, this observatory will discover millions of space rocks. This telescope is also considered the most effective for detecting asteroids or comets entering our solar system. Researchers will obtain valuable data from this camera, which will help them learn a great deal about the great mysteries of the universe. No detailed information has been provided about the initially released images, except that one of the images offers a detailed view of two galaxies.
“The second image is of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae, which is a star-forming region”.
