Better camera than Hubble?
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Hi
If this camera was in space, would it be able to take better pix than Hubble?
http://www.bentleymotors.com/en/apps/look-closer.h...
If this camera was in space, would it be able to take better pix than Hubble?
http://www.bentleymotors.com/en/apps/look-closer.h...
RobDickinson said:
Thats not one image, its many stitched together to form a gigapixel panoramic.
Absolute resolution is down to focal length (field of view) number of frames stitched, overlap, resolution of the sensor, quality of the optics yada yada.
But typically a normal camera filters out much IR and UV that hubble would need to see, then it would likely get fried in space and stop working entirely.
The tech in hubble is quite old, and its near end of life, a new telescope is going up soon and is far more advanced, but still years of planning and building means it wont be cutting edge when we launch it. despite the billions of dollars...
What is the new telescope called?Absolute resolution is down to focal length (field of view) number of frames stitched, overlap, resolution of the sensor, quality of the optics yada yada.
But typically a normal camera filters out much IR and UV that hubble would need to see, then it would likely get fried in space and stop working entirely.
The tech in hubble is quite old, and its near end of life, a new telescope is going up soon and is far more advanced, but still years of planning and building means it wont be cutting edge when we launch it. despite the billions of dollars...
Also since there is no shuttle now, if technology advanced sufficiently, would it be cheaper to send a new telescope to space instead of, somehow, trying to upgrade this new telescope that will launch soon?
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