World's fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 11:49
in Physics & Chemistry
"The performance of this breakthrough camera is without an equivalent anywhere in the world. The camera will enable great leaps forward in many areas of the study of the Universe," says Norbert Hubin, head of the Adaptive Optics department at ESO. OCam will be part of the second-generation VLT instrument SPHERE.
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