Last year, Canon had surprised with the presentation of a CMOS sensor of colossal dimensions, and some have wondered what could serve as a sensor of about eight inches on each side, about 40 times the area of the elements used on full frame SLR. About a year later the answer is the one many had pointed out as the most likely: the CMOS sensor 202 x 205 mm was installed in a telescope, to be precise Schmidt telescope located at the observatory of the University of Tokyo.
The sensor will be dedicated to the observation of meteors, due to its ability to record images at 60 frames per second even in low light conditions. The combination of multiple sensor telescopes should enable the observation of phenomena previously too weak to be detected, thanks to its high (for the specific field) viewing angle of 3.3 ° x3.3 °.
Posted by: Wasim Javed
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