LSST - Impressive 'Scope !

CraigS · #1 19-08-2010, 07:23 AM

Also in the news today ..
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope deemed top priority"
http://www.physorg.com/news201340462.html

"Scheduled to begin full operations six years after the construction begins, the 8.4-meter LSST telescope will be equipped with the world’s largest digital camera (3.2 billion pixels). This system will survey the entire visible sky to very faint limits in multiple colors every week.

The project will last for 10 years and will produce 2,000 images of every part of the sky - more than 20,000 square degrees. It will be constructed on Cerro Pachón, a mountain in northern Chile. LSST will produce 30 terabytes of data per night, yielding a total database of 100 petabytes. This massive data set will be used to construct, for the first time, a color “movie” of the sky that will enable unique and powerful studies of objects that move or change in brightness."

Man ... that's a lot of image to process !!!
3.2 billion pixel camera !!
Huge !!

Cheers

[1ponders] (Paul) · #2 19-08-2010, 07:33 AM

Is h0ughy and his Pixinsight up to it. That's what i want to know.

Can you imagine trying to procress something like that. what a job.

CraigS · #3 19-08-2010, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Is h0ughy and his Pixinsight up to it. That's what i want to know.

.. And if it is, how long would it take to process a night's worth ?

Cheers

astroron (Ron) · #4 19-08-2010, 08:47 AM

They are really going to make it hard for Amateur Astronomers to discover any new phenomena

CraigS · #5 19-08-2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by astroron

They are really going to make it hard for Amateur Astronomers to discover any new phenomena

Don't be so sad ! ....

"The LSST data will be open to the public and scientists around the world - anyone with a Web browser will be able to access the images and other data produced by the LSST."

h0ughy's processing knowledge to our rescue !!??

sjastro · #6 19-08-2010, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CraigS

Don't be so sad ! ....

"The LSST data will be open to the public and scientists around the world - anyone with a Web browser will be able to access the images and other data produced by the LSST."

Oh yeah. Downloading this stuff with a country dial up (no more than 28.8 Kbps), if I hang around long enough I might be able to confirm the Big Rip theory.

Steven

CraigS · #7 19-08-2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sjastro

Oh yeah. Downloading this stuff with a country dial up (no more than 28.8 Kbps), if I hang around long enough I might be able to confirm the Big Rip theory.

Steven

Oh well .. there's always Australia Post !!??

Cheers
PS: I don't really know h0ughy, his location or his setup .. so I'll be quiet from now on ! Cheers.

renormalised (Carl) · #8 19-08-2010, 10:21 AM

You know, Mike will have to do a "Sid" on the pics they get. They won't quite be up to scratch

sjastro · #9 19-08-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CraigS

Oh well .. there's always Australia Post !!??

Cheers
PS: I don't really know h0ughy, his location or his setup .. so I'll be quiet from now on ! Cheers.

Given the reliability of Australia Post, they are likely to send the data to the wrong galaxy.

Regards

Steven

renormalised (Carl) · #10 19-08-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sjastro

Given the reliability of Australia Post, they are likely to send the data to the wrong galaxy.

Regards

Steven

Then you're going to need the LSST to find the data!!!

CraigS · #11 19-08-2010, 12:02 PM

Getting back to the data volume, ... I'll bet the LHC produces more in the same time. I wonder how they handle/process it ?

Cheers

renormalised (Carl) · #12 19-08-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigS

Getting back to the data volume, ... I'll bet the LHC produces more in the same time. I wonder how they handle/process it ?

Cheers

Very large, fast computers and mega loads of storage!!!

erick (Eric) · #13 19-08-2010, 12:23 PM

Any volunteers for the blink comparator?

Should be a steady job - lots of work!

CraigS · #14 19-08-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sjastro

Given the reliability of Australia Post, they are likely to send the data to the wrong galaxy.

Regards

Steven

As long as it doesn't end up going down a Black Hole !!
...Er ... hang on a minute !! ... That's OK now, right ? We'd get it back eventually, right ??

PS: Sorry ... I couldn't resist it ! Cheers

CraigS · #15 19-08-2010, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Very large, fast computers and mega loads of storage!!!

Yeah, Quantum computers running on graphene based substrate !!