Fastest astronomical camera will produce out-of-this-world pictures
The CCD220 detector is the heart of an ultra-fast camera that takes 1500 high precision images a second (Photo: Credit: P. Balard/INSU-CNRS/ESO)
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While the twinkle of stars may delight poets and lovers, for a scientist it’s simply evidence of the atmospheric disturbance that blurs and distorts detail in deep space images. Combining an incredible 1500 exposures a second capability with an extremely sensitive CCD220 image sensor, the OCam camera is able to analyze and correct these distortions, enabling pictures taken through Very Large Telescopes (VLT) on Earth to be as sharp as those taken from space.
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