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Radio 4,3 mins

Dr Ross Burgon from the Open University's Centre for Electronic Imaging explains the role of CCDs (charge coupled devices).

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Show Us Your Instrument: The GAIA mission will spend the next 5 years recording space, using a billion pixel camera, and Dr Ross Burgon from the Open University's Centre for Electronic Imaging explains the role of CCDs (charge coupled devices).

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