Achtel’s 18.7K camera is comparable to the 18K Big Sky camera system used in the Las Vegas Sphere, a cutting-edge venue known for its immersive visual experiences. The Big Sky camera ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Details of the aluminum plates and fiber optic cables used to take measurements. Image courtesy Sloan Digital Sky Survey III How does one map the sky? It’s a daunting proposal to be sure and no ...

Something to look forward to: Engineers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California are finalizing work on what will be the world's largest digital camera. The 3,200-megapixel camera ...

as [David Schneider] shows us with a Raspberry Pi powered whole sky camera. The project was born of seeing a meteor and idly wondering whether meteorite landing sites could be triangulated from a ...

The LSST project, a 10-year observation program, seeks to compile the most comprehensive map of the night sky ever assembled. Once installed, the camera will utilize its massive 5.1-foot-wide ...

Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful ... the night sky by using any of the best cameras for astrophotography, along with a selection ...