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From: linas@hparc0.HP.COM (Linas Petras)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: CCDs for imaging (was Re: Digital Photography)
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Date: 2 Apr 91 14:01:51 GMT
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/hparc0:comp.graphics /levay@stsci.EDU (Zoltan Levay) /  7:56 am  Apr  2, 1991 /
>The WF/PC (CCD cameras) on the Hubble Space Telescope uses four 800x800
>pixel CCD chips in a two-by-two array, resulting in a mosaic of
>1600x1600 pixels.  (Remember that this is relatively old
>technology--the original launch dates were early 1980s.) 

If they are THAT old ;-) are they available commercially ?????

Speaking for myself of course  ....