World’s largest digital camera ‘the size of a car’ built and it could ‘photograph a golf ball from 15 miles away’ [Video]

THE largest digital camera ever built is finally ready – and it’s going to create a stunning map of the night sky.

Astronomers hope that over the next decade, the car-sized snapper will help reveal the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

The LSST camera has finally been assembled in CaliforniaCredit: SWNS

It will eventually move to Chile’s Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryCredit: SWNS

Its official name is the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera.

The 3,200-megapixel shooter will sit at the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile’s Elqui Province.

It weighs an incredible 6,600 pounds with a front lens that measures more than five feet across.

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say it’s the largest lens ever made for this kind of astronomy.

The construction of the camera is now complete and is nearly ready to go online.

“We will soon start …