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Submillimeter Camera Set to Scan the Universe

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MAUNA KEA, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2011 — The world’s largest submillimeter camera is now ready to scan the universe, including faint and faraway parts never before seen. Mounted on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, the instrument will advance studies of the origins of stars, planets and galaxies. The new 4.5-ton camera, called SCUBA-2, contains more than 10,000 superconducting sensors and is far more sensitive than its predecessor SCUBA (Submillimeter Common-Use Bolometer Array). It will map the sky hundreds of times faster and with a much larger field of view than its predecessor, while producing better...Read full article

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    Published: December 2011
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
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