This is the largest camera sensor in the world with a resolution of… 3200MP!

The telescope Vera Rubin Observatory is still under construction in Chile and is expected to be the largest in the world.

Πhowever, it has already started operating impressive camera with the first test shots being taken at a laboratory in California at resolution… 3200MP!

We have seen more gigapixel shots in the past, however, to get to this point requires merging multiple shots. With his camera Vera Rubin Observatory is the first time we see shots at 3 gigapixels in a single image.

According to the creators, in order for someone to see the image in full resolution, it would be necessary to set up a layout. 378 4K TVs. Another example they gave to understand the power of the camera is this with golf ball that you can see from a distance of 25 kilometers!

The camera will be placed in its brightest place Vera Rubin Observatory. The focal plane reaches 64 cm (on smartphones it is a few millimeters) and the device includes 189 paired sensors that convert the light emitted or reflected by an object into electrical signals to take a digital photo. These separate sensors have been placed in groups of 21 to create the single sensor and the total cost reaches about $ 3 million.

One of the biggest difficulties they encountered for the construction was that of the placement accuracy, because the sensors with nanometer accuracy had to be joined so that there is no visible separation between them, but also so that they do not touch each other.

When the lens construction is complete, the entire device will be transported from California to Chile and in full operation will take a shot from space every 20 seconds with an exposure time of up to 15 seconds. The goal is to capture images of more than 20 billion galaxies and other phenomena.

Source: techgear.gr