Why NASA is betting on a 36-pixel camera

Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/05/say-hello-to-nasas-new-36-pixel-camera/

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is making strides in astronomy with its 122-megapixel primarily infrared photos taken 1.5 million kilometers away from

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TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I was confused so I think this may need to be emphasized, from the article:

The space agency’s newest sky-peeper takes a different approach, however, performing groundbreaking space science with 36 pixels. It’s not a typo—36 pixels, not 36 megapixels.

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- ringwraithfish@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s also focused on x-rays instead of the visible spectrum. I would hazard a guess that the resolution requirements for this are vastly different in scale compared to photography.
  
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