world's largest ever digital camera has become operational in observatory in Chile. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera was funded by U.S. government agencies. enormous device was installed in Vera C. Rubin Observatory in South American nation. Astronomers will now commence period of testing. They will use camera to observe the southern hemisphere skies over next decade. The Department of Energy's Office of Science commented on how momentous the completion of the telescope was. It called the camera " triumph of science and engineering". It added: "We look forward to seeing unprecedented images this camera will produce."
camera is the size of small car and weighs 2,721 kg. It has massive 3-billion-pixel sensor. In comparison, today's top-of--range smartphone cameras have 200 million pixels. Astronomers will repeatedly scan sky to take time-lapse images of space. Lead researcher Aaron Roodman said: "We like to say that we're going to make colour movie of entire Southern Hemisphere sky." In particular, he hopes to capture images that will shed light on how galaxies formed. Roodman's team will also investigate dark matter – the invisible substance that makes up significant portion of the universe. In addition, camera will map our Milky Way galaxy in greater detail than ever before.
