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Tango0120 Dec 2016 9:21 p.m. PST

"Astronomers with the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) project used a 1.8-m telescope at the summit of Haleakalâ, on Maui, Hawaii, to repeatedly image three quarters of the visible sky over four years.

The data the researchers have captured is made up of three billion separate sources, including stars, galaxies, and other space objects.

This collection of information contains two petabytes of data – equivalent to one billion selfies or one hundred times the total content of Wikipedia…"
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Bowman21 Dec 2016 6:59 a.m. PST

Wait till the James Webb telescope launches in 2018. The data gleaned from that will be impressive.

Tango0121 Dec 2016 10:51 a.m. PST

I'm waiting…! (smile)


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