570 Megapixel Camera to Capture Dark Energy

[Pailin]

ok guys, I have a couple of videos for you to check out...

The universe is understood currently to be made up of:

0.4% Stars etc
3.6% Intergalactic Gas
22% Dark Matter
74% Dark Energy

1st Vid you may have already seen, but here to give perspective to the next video about the Dark Matter:

Hubble Deep Field: The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken (Redux) (Most up to date version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&feature=channel

2nd vid showing clear evidence of Dark Matter:

Improved Hubble Shows Evidence of Dark Matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wluv08tDhU


Thanks must go out to the creater of these great videos - Tony Darnell

 

[doc70]

The only thing that you can see and photograph with this are very old objects in space, and understanding their evolution could prove/disprove the dark matter theory. It is not like they will be taking pictures of the dark matter itself... just as you can not take pictures of a black hole. There is matter between galaxies, but it is only interstellar matter, which is completely different from dark matter.
To those eager to play this thing down, try to read up a little on things beforehand.

 

[bison88]

Space, The Final Frontier

 

[razor512]

when they finish making it they should test it out by by making a portrait lens for it and take some nice 570 megapixel images cat pictures, caturday will never be the same

 

[Gin Fushicho]

I can't wait for science to change as we know it.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]I can't wait for science to change as we know it.[/citation]And with that, I agree.

 

[Guest]

I thought Fermilab was on the verge of shutting down due to insufficient funding.

 

[Guest]

Looking at the picture, the viewport must be one expensive piece of optics. It's a vacuum chamber as is visible by the UHV gate valve and turbo pump. The turbo pump is typically on a 6" flange, and therefore that appears to be a roughly 24" diameter viewport. That's a hell of a vacuum load. 14.7psia x Pi/4*(24^2) = about 3.3 tons of load. That's a lot of optical distortion that may occur if the glass is not made right.

 

[diablocricki]

Please tell me what's the trick? 570 Megapixels sounds unbelievably low to me for a camera that's supposed to take pictures of that kind. One can easily buy a dslr 12 Megapixels camera for $599 nowadays. This "amazing" camera has the resolution of roughly 50 normal cameras? To get approximately the same picture quality as a normal digital camera, this camera should take pictures of an area not bigger than 50 times what we normally take pictures of. I don't know the focal length of the lens and I don't know how far in the universe this camera will take pictures, but something is telling me this camera will be very very underpowered.

 

[Supertrek32]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]I believe dark matter or energy would suffice.[/citation]
They're actually two different concepts.

Dark Energy is the unknown force that seems to propell all galaxies outward, away from each other. After the big bang, gravity should have started slowing down all the galaxies (although it would obviously take gazillions of years), eventually causing all matter in the universe to reverse direction and come together again. Recent evidence shows that galaxies are actually speeding up, not slowing down. The unknown force in called dark energy.

Dark matter on the other hand, is related to theory of gravity. From what we know, any given normal matter has about 6 times more gravity than it should. So where's all the extra "weight" coming from? We don't know. So it's hypothesized that there's more matter, but it doesn't interact with normal matter. This is what's known as dark matter.

 

[seriousazn]

I can so see some religious whackjobs protesting this to keep their concept of god plausible...hopefully no more blood requested from 'gods'

 

[Guest]

It is my understanding the camera will capture light from far away galaxies revealing more normal matter for us to examine and use in studies of Dark Matter. As Dark Matter is invisible light of all viewing spectrum pass through it, therefore no camera will ever capture a picture of dark matter.

 

[Guest]

Ohh diablocricki, you're rationalization amazes me how simple of a problem you believe this is. You're statement is absolutely so short sided it's not even funny, to compare by simple addition is ridiculous. I would love to see the specs of this lens that is capable of providing the fidelity for such a large number of megapixels. Not only that, I would love to see the sensitivity of the sensors, and what they are implementing regarding low light photos. Can you imagine the aperture of the lens being used, it has to off the charts, I wonder what the weight of the lens being used is. As a person who covets slr's, creativity starts in the eye of the beholder, only to be exponentially elevated by glass one possesses! What company got the contract to make this lens??

 

[Pailin]

[citation][nom]psibernetic[/nom]It is my understanding the camera will capture light from far away galaxies revealing more normal matter for us to examine and use in studies of Dark Matter. As Dark Matter is invisible light of all viewing spectrum pass through it, therefore no camera will ever capture a picture of dark matter.[/citation]

no no, they are not after looking at Dark Matter, they can already see evidence of that using the upgraded Hubble, check out the 2nd vid I linked earlier.

They are after evidence of Dark Energy (Vacuum Energy) which is pushing the galaxies apart and stopping the collapse of the Universe.

It is partially to do with the Theory of General Relativity E=mc2 which basically shows that energy produces its own gravity fields - in this case producing a strong negative pressure repulsing all the galaxies causing an unending expansion of the Universe. At least this is the current theory...

 

[tacoslave]

what happens when it hits 88mph
?

 

[anamaniac]

Amazing.

Any sacrifice in the name of science must be made.
So, kill bilions with dark matter bombs now, benefit the lives of trillions or even quadrillions in the future!

Physics and mathematics, the only things that matter in life to me. Well, fried chicken and EyeInfinity are pretty important to me right now, but whatever. =D

 

[croc]

[citation][nom]NyRoc[/nom]Heard they were making a camera that could see stupidity and forecast major fails.. this looks like a good place to test their new camera.. So the earth is "billions" of years old? lol... Kinda like how Al Gore thinks the center of the earth is "couple million degrees"... The only dark energy they'll find is the S**T I flush down the toilet.. What a waste of money..[/citation]

WOOT! It is only in test mode and it has already found a major 'fail'! You!

 

[enclaved]

How many megapixels is the Hubble Space Telescope?
Hold on to your seat. The Hubble Space Telescope was developed in the 1970's to provide at least 15 years of service. The custom built Hubble WF/PC-1 cameras, had custom CCD chips with 800x800 pixels, or a total of 640,000 pixels. So the Hubble doesn't even have the equivalent of a 1 megapixel sensor!

 

[hack__you]

will it have Live-view, 1080p video capture, and Image stabilization?

 

[Guest]

There will be a RED digital video camera that will have 270 Megapixels, and while for professional use, will not cost millions of dollars. I wonder if the makers of the 570 mp know it.