World's largest digital camera, weighing 3 tons and capturing 3200-megapixel images, will take 7.88 million photos of the sky over 10 years

The world's largest digital camera, weighing 3 tons, will repeatedly scan the night sky over 10 years, capturing 7.88 million photos at 3200-megapixel resolution. Each image is 8GB in size, creating an unprecedented public archive of billions of astronomical discoveries.

• World’s largest digital camera weighs 3 tons and will take 7.88 million photos of the sky over 10 years; each is 8GB in size and has a 3200-megapixel resolution