Supercomputers
Supercomputers are types of computers which work together to act quickly.
They are often called high-performance machines. This is because they are able to process data a million times faster than the best desktop computers.
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Image Processing
When you use a large telescope, like the LT, you are collecting data. The image is actually a huge grid of numbers. This data comes back in a raw form.
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FITS Files
Astronomers use telescopes that are based all around the world and even in space.
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Data
Astronomers take images with telescopes because they want to use them to do science research.
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