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New Infrared Camera

The fastest and most powerful infrared camera in the world in now on duty.  The Wide Field Camera, on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii, has the largest viewing area of any infrared camera.  "In a single night, it will generate over 200 gigabytes of data --- enough to fill over 300 CD-ROM disks," says the news release.  Infrared cameras detect invisible light--radiation--in space, color-coding the various wavelengths and providing a scientifically valuable (and beautiful) picture, such as this one of the Orion nebula, produced by the new camera.

Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 07:33PM by Registered CommenterDaniel James Devine in , | CommentsPost a Comment

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