LSST Camera Focal Plane (IMAGE)

Carnegie Mellon University

LSST Camera Focal Plane

Caption

The complete focal plane of the future LSST Camera is more than 60 cm (2 feet) wide and contains 189 individual sensors that will produce 3200-megapixel images.

Credit

Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NSF/DOE/Rubin Observatory/AURA

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