Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera

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With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels and a nearly three-ton weight, the largest digital camera ever built for optical astronomy is ready to be installed under the clear skies of northern Chile. Stuartt Corder, chief science officer of the AURA association of universities, says the record-breaking camera has the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented decade-long exploration.

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