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World’s largest digital camera begins science mission at Haleakala
The Pan-STARRS telescope atop Haleakala officially began its science mission to survey the sky for killer asteroids. The 1.8 meter telescope on Maui is the largest digital camera in the world with 1,400 megapixels. The giant camera will take over 500 exposures each night and send about four terabytes of data (equivalent to what 1,000 […]