Gigapixel camera for the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope at Haleakala observatory, Maui, Hawaii - the largest digital camera in the world

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The gigapixel camera for the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope at Haleakala Observatory, Maui, Hawaii, has 60 close-packed CCD device, each with 4800x4800 pixels. The camera has a total of 1,382,400,000 pixels, and is the largest digital camera in the world.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Richard Wainscoat / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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