The camera core for the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory has snapped its first test photos, setting a new world record for the largest single shot by a giant digital camera.
The complete focal plane of the LSST Camera is more than 60 centimetres wide and contains 189 individual sensors that will produce 3,200-megapixel images
The imaging sensor array, which comprises the focal plane for Rubin’s SUV-sized digital camera, snapped the 3,200-megapixel images during recent tests at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the facility’s original name.