Quake3World

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:30 am**

Did you know the hubble image sensor is only 4mp

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:33 pm**

back in 2002, i think they upgraded it to 16 mp.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0204/30acs/

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:41 pm**

did they? nice one

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:47 pm**

even still, that full size image is 18Kpx on both sides. I think they made the worlds largest panorama

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:25 pm**

Dave wrote:even still, that full size image is 18Kpx on both sides. I think they made the worlds largest panorama

Nope. There are gigapixel panoramas, the world's highest res camera uses film and produces the equivalent of a 4 gigapixel image (if I recall correctly). My memory is sketchy but I think there was a SciAm article on it.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:02 pm**

nice image. good timing on it too as i just started watching the cosmos series last night

Quake3World

Hubble's best view yet of Orion