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How does LSST do this? Etendue<br />

Etendue is the product of<br />

Area and Field of View<br />

To get more area simply build<br />

a large telescope<br />

To get higher field of view, favor<br />

designs with shorter focal lengths,<br />

and minimal vignetting, reasonable<br />

off-axis image quality<br />

Consequence of this is have to<br />

build a large camera<br />

Consequence of a large camera is<br />

large data rate

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