28-Megapixel Camera to Monitor the Night Sky 8
StupendousMan writes "Scientists at
Sonneberg Observatory
in Germany will start monitoring the sky every clear
night (starting in October), using a curious combination:
a 28-Megapixel CCD camera behind a 30-mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
As the
first light test images
show, the device can record nearly the full sky down
to ninth magnitude (about 20 times fainter than the naked
eye limit) every 5 minutes.
The goal is to create a permanent record of bright objects,
which could be used to discover comets and novae."
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