Oh, sure, you think you’ve got a pretty awesome camera.

You think you’ve got the top of the line, twelve megapixel, turning out images of fantastic clarity.  But you haven’t seen ANYTHING yet–the most sensitive astronomical camera even has been developed and released, and the first unit so far has been sold.  But you won’t believe what I can tell you about this camera.

This incredible camera defies most conventional explanations, so I’ll let a quote handle the job:

…a CCD controller that counts photons; a digital imagery device that amplifies photons observed by astronomical cameras or by other instruments used in situations of very low luminosity.  Electric signals used to pilot the imagery chip are 500 times more precise than those of a conventional controller. This increased precision helps reduce noise that interferes with the weak signals coming from astronomical objects in the night sky. The controller allows to substantially increase the sensitivity of detectors, which can be compared to the mirror of the Mont-Mégantic telescope doubling its diameter.

That controller alone generates a whopping twenty five gigs of data per second.  It’s a camera on a positively galactic scale, and it’s generating interest from not only the astronomy community, but also the medical and other scientific communities as well.  It’s a downright amazing camera, and it will play a huge role in changing our perception of the world as we know it.

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