Digital images are reshaping more than just the camera industry. A similar revolution has changed the way that modern astronomy is done. Many people still envision astronomy research as looking through an eyepiece of a standard optical telescope. While this is still done by some amateur stargazing enthusiasts, modern research astronomy is conducted by digitizing telescopic images (much as a digital camera does) and reconstructing them on a computer screen. The many images taken by research...
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