New Skycam with 2.6m mirror and 280Megapixel CCD sensor!

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New Skycam with 2.6m mirror and 280Megapixel CCD sensor!

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Omega as seen by us on Elton's the 18" Obsession and bino viewers..:0

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crazy stuff!
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How much?
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wonderful telescope.... 268megapixel ...
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a sensor that big would actually be composed of 8-10 Fairchild or DALSA CCD's (check out "The Handbook of CCD Astronomy" for details). A single CCD of that type would be maybe $50K - $100K, so.. about a million $ for the sensor.
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