Talk:Pan-STARRS

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"A 64 × 64 array of orthogonal transfer CCDs (OTCCDs) is used in the camera, with each component CCD being roughly 600 × 600 pixels"

...which would make a 23 megapixel camera, rather then 1.4 gigapixels.

According to http://space.newscientist.com/channel/space-tech/dn12588-worlds-biggest-digital-camera-to-join-asteroid-search.html?feedId=space-tech_rss20 (both the text and the referenced images), there are actually 60 CCDs (rather than 64). That would make each CCD approx 4,830 x 4,830 pixels (approx 23,328,900 pixels).

Strangely, 600 x 600 x 64 is 23,040,000, so it looks like the poster has divided 1.4GPixel by 60, then again by 64, then taken the square root to arrive at the 600x600 figure.HexAmp (talk) 00:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

600 x 600 = 360,000 pixels per OTCCD. 64 x 64 = 4096 OTCCDs. 360,000 (pixels) x 4096 (OTCCDs) = 1,474,560,000 pixels. I don't see a problem. --216.111.160.86 (talk) 14:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Schedule?

So, is it known when the project will be finished? — Northgrove 02:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)