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Old 05-10-2009, 09:23 PM
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What does the future hold for CCD's

I was thinking how the CCD technology has improved in recent years.
What does the future hold? In 5 years will we have 50 mega pixel Kodak CCD's 4" across? Will they be run at -230C fed by it's own liquid nitrogen store?
The amount of storage and processing power would have to be huge.What about telescope design? How does an amature fully illuminate a 4" CCD?
Whats your thoughts?
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