Science
Vera Rubin: Super telescope’s giant camera spies broccoli – BBC News
The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.
Image copyrightLSST Camera Team/SLAC/VROImage caption
A head of Romanesco recorded across the 3,200 megapixels of Vera Rubin’s camera detector
How do you test the new sensor for the world’s largest digital camera? You take a picture of broccoli, of course.
This might sound bizarre but the intricate shapes found in the Romanesco version of this plant are a good check that you’re capturing lots of detail.
And for the camera that’s to be fitted to the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile – performa…
-
Noosa News8 hours agoAustralian Idol 2025 winner draws crowd for Noosa pop up show
-
General8 hours agoNew US tariffs on semiconductors coming ‘over the next week’, Donald Trump says
-
Noosa News17 hours agoWoman dies, 10 rushed to hospital after Bald Hills collision
-
General11 hours agoThe Left’s eternal war against private schools