Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: 8.4 m and 3.2 gigapixels, images whole sky every 3 days..

[Fumesucker]

http://lsst.org/lsst

The 8.4-meter LSST will survey the entire visible sky deeply in multiple colors every week with its three-billion pixel digital camera, probing the mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and opening a movie-like window on objects that change or move rapidly: exploding supernovae, potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids, and distant Kuiper Belt Objects.


Plans for sharing the data from LSST with the public are as ambitious as the telescope itself. Anyone with a computer will be able to fly through the Universe, zooming past objects a hundred million times fainter than can be observed with the unaided eye. The LSST project will provide analysis tools to enable both students and the public to participate in the process of scientific discovery. We invite you to learn more about the science of LSST.

[tridim]

1. Wow! I can't wait to see the movies.

UFO people are going to have a field day!

[Fumesucker]

3. This is going to uncover a vast range of unexpected phenomena..

It will allow people to sit in their homes pretty much anywhere with an internet connection and do cutting edge scientific research.

[ixion]

2. w00t!!

very cool. :bounce:

[Ptah]

4. I am fortunate to know several of the people that are working on this.

I am in awe of what they are doing.

Props to LSST!!

[Nihil]

5. K & R #5

FYI:
FAQs at http://lsst.org/lsst/faq and http://lsst.org/lsst/faq/science-faq

[Ganja Ninja]

6. This is why I think going to the moon a second time is a waste.

Maybe some day we'll need to go back there but for now doing this type of thing seems a better use of the money.

[atomic-fly]

7. cool!

Looking forward to trying it out!