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Detector technology

CMOS Sensor

A detector in which each pixel has its own amplifier, allowing very fast, low-power readout. Increasingly used in astronomy for high-speed imaging and for techniques that need many frames per second, and ubiquitous in consumer cameras.

Used across the frontier

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Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory

    Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.