The biggest digital camera ever installed on a telescope has begun work, taking spectacular and scientifically rich images of the Universe. MegaPrime's view of the Rosette Nebula The camera, called MegaPrime, has been placed on the aging Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, US, restoring the facility once again to the forefront of optical astronomy. The CFHT was once considered a large telescope with its 3.6-metre mirror, but today is small compared with current eight to 10-metre telescopes. But with MegaPrime installed, it is once again in high demand. MegaPrime has a resolution of 340 megapixels. It has an unusually large field of view of one square degree, the size of four full Moons. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2936235.stm 340 Megapixels?! Makes the 3-4Mpixels on your camera look alittle weak, eh?
My fathers just bought a Meade telescope with the "star finder" thing, basically you tell it to "find orion" and it whirs into position and continually tracks it! Personally i want to up-rate the motors and attach an uzi to it... Aliens anyone?
