The Dark Energy Camera
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We look at The Dark Energy Camera, he world’s most powerful digital camera.
It’s the world’s most powerful digital camera and it sits atop the Blanco telescope in the Andes Mountains of Chile. But it was constructed on the campus of Fermilab in far west suburban Batavia. We learn how the camera is helping scientists unravel one of the greatest mysteries in the cosmos.
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The Dark Energy Camera
Clip: 9/24/2013 | 5m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
It’s the world’s most powerful digital camera and it sits atop the Blanco telescope in the Andes Mountains of Chile. But it was constructed on the campus of Fermilab in far west suburban Batavia. We learn how the camera is helping scientists unravel one of the greatest mysteries in the cosmos.
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