Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera receives funding
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028568
Ars Technica : The wide-field, 8.4-m Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), to be constructed on Cerro Pachón in Chile, will be equipped with a 3-ton, 3200-megapixel digital camera, the largest ever to be built. Last week SLAC, which is overseeing the project, announced that the US Department of Energy had provided funding for the camera’s development. Final approval to fund its construction is still to come. The LSST is scheduled to begin operations in 2022, and the camera will be capable of capturing the full southern sky every few nights. In 10 years of observations, it is expected to be able to provide images of more than 10 billion distinct stars.
