Camera can capture dust particles on Moon

Plus: Microsoft's $22 billion smart goggles reportedly failed in US Army tests. Oct 14, 2022 [Blueprint]( Ask for the Moon …and in this case you’ll get it. A new digital camera can – astonishingly – [capture a single dust particle on the Moon](. It is the world’s largest digital camera, which has been in the making for a couple of years, and is now ready to be mounted onto its telescope. It lives at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, where technicians are currently putting the finishing touches to it. When they’re done, the camera will be shipped to Chile and mounted on a telescope located in the Andes. The camera isn't quite finished yet, but all of its mechanical parts have now been assembled for the first time. But before you focus on that (photography pun wholeheartedly intended), [focus on this video]( of “the F1 of the skies” completing its first-ever circuit race. Good morning. I’m Alice, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s dive in. 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It is nearly ready to be mounted on its telescope at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, which means it's nearly ready for action. It was recently showcased to guests for the first time, who were shown its amazing focus plane (which has 189 CCDs) through the camera's lenses. Its camera shutter and filter exchange system are in the process of being tested, and then the 3,200-megapixel camera will be able to capture images for Rubin Observatory's 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which is what it was built for. The LSST Camera is a digital camera but supersized. With the help of its 189 sensors, it can capture light coming from stars and other objects and turn it into electrical signals that can be translated into digital photos. The size of each sensor is around 16 millimeters, and each contains more pixels than an iPhone. → The camera has 3.2 gigapixels and can capture images with enough detail to see a moon dust particle. 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