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"To display just one image from the camera, reproduced at full size, would require an array of 400 ultrahigh-definition (4K) television screens. It’s this staggering capacity that allows the observatory to see both very wide and very deep at the same time." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

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First images shared from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal why it will change astronomy forever The groundbreaking 3.2 gigapixel camera is designed to repeatedly survey the entire sky every few nights to create the first continuous movie of the cosmos at high resolution https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-vera-c-rubin-observatory-astronomy-space-science/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links