Comments on: Dark Energy Camera delivers first amazing shots of space http://www.slashgear.com/dark-energy-camera-delivers-first-amazing-shots-of-space-18248110/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul Boldra http://www.slashgear.com/dark-energy-camera-delivers-first-amazing-shots-of-space-18248110/#comment-238997 Paul Boldra Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:16:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=248110#comment-238997 Here’s a map of the location of the telescope: http://goo.gl/maps/SCr3R
And here’s a picture of the telescope: http://goo.gl/BOegR

1. It’s far too big to launch into space (a camera by itself wouldn’t be much good)
2. They put it somewhere where light pollution isn’t a problem and the atmosphere is thin and dry.

]]> By: Pasha Gorodetskiy http://www.slashgear.com/dark-energy-camera-delivers-first-amazing-shots-of-space-18248110/#comment-238992 Pasha Gorodetskiy Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=248110#comment-238992 Shouldn’t a camera of such massive resolution be put into space? Otherwise what’s the point with all the atmospheric distortion and city light interference?

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