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For the first ten years of operation, Vera C. Rubin Observatory will perform the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time, using the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera and the Simonyi Survey Telescope. This Federal project is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, with early construction funding received from private donations through the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded LSST (now Vera C. Rubin Observatory) Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC). Download full-size version: https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2689925/100720148 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Beginning with “First Blast” in 2011, the construction of Rubin Observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile has provided amazing visuals; this video shows construction progress over the last 11 years. Download available: https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2689925/119714533 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

On Tuesday, January 11th, 2022, we encouraged everyone working on Rubin to take a photo of something they were doing that day that highlighted their work. Through this, we capture the various tasks that happen in a single day, as well as the talented people who contribute to making Rubin a reality. Download Original: https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2777900/132704319 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

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Read the full announcement on our website: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-09-08-sensors-world-largest-digital-camera-snap-first-3200-megapixel-images-slac.aspx Vera C. Rubin Observatory will conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which will collect 60 petabytes of data to address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe and the objects in it. LSST is designed to address four science areas: • Understanding Dark Matter and Dark Energy • Hazardous Asteroids and the Remote Solar System • The Transient Optical Sky • The Formation and Structure of the Milky Way -------------------- Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a federal project jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, with early construction funding received from private donations through the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded LSST (now Rubin Observatory) Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under the management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by SLAC. ------------------------ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory www.slac.stanford.edu Musicbed SyncID: MB01FNLOYBYFLBX

Fabrication of the Rubin Observatory Primary/Tertiary Mirror (M1M3) began in Tucson, AZ in 2008, and the mirror reached its final home on the summit in 2019. This video illustrates the life story (so far) of this extraordinary telescope mirror. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will use the world's largest digital camera to capture the far reaches of the universe, and in the process, hope to tackle some of the most fundamental questions in science today. »Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is the first national observatory to have been named for a woman and it currently houses the world’s largest optical lens ever built. Measuring 1.55 meters in diameter, this piece of glass is one of three lenses that will be the eyes for a new astronomical camera. The optical lens weighs more than 3 tons and has an enormous field of view, where light from billions of galaxies will come into focus. By recording images of the entire sky every few days, this camera will produce a time-lapse movie of the universe. In this Focal Point, we hear from Cosmologist Daniel Gruen, PhD, from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Stuart Marshall, a camera operator physicist, to learn more about what this massive digital camera has to offer. Watch to find out! #camera #observatory #universe #space #galaxy #science #seeker #focalpoint Additional credit: Miguel Aragon-Calvo, UNAM, Mark SubbaRao, Adler Planetarium, Alex Szalay, JHU Read More: Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time https://lsst.slac.stanford.edu/# “During the first 10 years of operations, Rubin Observatory will conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) of the entire southern sky and provide the widest, fastest and deepest views of the night sky ever observed.” Engineering the world’s largest digital camera https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/engineering-the-worlds-largest-digital-camera “The camera is a combination of many extremes. Its largest lens is one of the biggest ever created for astronomy and astrophysics. The ceramic grid that will hold its imaging sensors is so flat that no feature larger than a human red blood cell sticks up from its surface. The electronics that control the sensors are customized to fit in a very tight space and use as little power as possible.” First national US observatory to be named after a woman! https://www.lsst.org/news/vro-press-release “It was announced today that the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will conduct a vast astronomical survey for unprecedented discovery of the deep and dynamic Universe, will now be named the NSF (National Science Foundation) Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin Observatory).” Four New Giant Telescopes Are About to Rock Astronomy https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/four-new-giant-telescopes-are-about-to-rock-astronomy “Now, astronomers stand on the threshold of a new telescope revolution. During the next several years, researchers expect three instruments that are more than twice the size of their closest competitors to start scanning the skies. And a fourth telescope, one “only” 8 meters in diameter, will use advanced technology to image the entire night sky every three days. This quartet of new instruments promises to deliver stunning science on the hot-button issues.” ____________________ Our scientific understanding of the universe is advancing at an unprecedented rate. Join Focal Point as we meet the people building tomorrow’s world. Witness the astonishing discoveries that will propel humanity forward and zero-in on the places where science-fiction becomes science-reality. Seeker empowers the curious to understand the science shaping our world. We tell award-winning stories about the natural forces and groundbreaking innovations that impact our lives, our planet, and our universe. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Focal Point on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FocalPointShow/ Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker

The 8.4-meter mirror of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction in Chile. More information and download options: http://noirlab.edu/public/videos/LSST-Clip36-CC/ Credit: Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos

Will you accept our challenge?🔭 Introducing Rubin Observatory’s #SpaceSurveyors, a game to figure out how to capture the most night sky objects as you operate a simulated version of Rubin’s telescope! How many can you discover before the sun comes up? ➡️ https://spacesurveyors.app

On 2 March 2021 at Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, the top-end assembly for the telescope was lowered through the observatory enclosure by a giant, 500-ton capacity crane. The top-end assembly holds the 3.5-meter convex secondary mirror and the giant 3-ton LSST Camera. The camera optics consist of three large fused-silica lenses and a set of astronomical filters.   The installation of the top-end is an important step in the completion of the Telescope Mount Assembly, which will hold and precisely position the 8.4-meter diameter main mirror called M1M3 (which doubles as both primary and tertiary mirror) and the top end assembly. Rubin’s innovative optical design is needed to deliver a whopping 3.5-degree field of view on the sky which illuminates the huge 60-centimeter (2 feet)-diameter flat focal plane filled with sensors totaling 3200 megapixels. Rubin Observatory and its 10-year survey of the sky will shed light on some of the biggest mysteries of the Universe, including dark matter and dark energy. More information and download options: http://noirlab.edu/public/videos/top_end_assembly_on_the_summit/ Credit: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA

What is LSST, an easy to understand explainer: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/research/slac-science-explained/lsst-camera Read the full announcement on our website: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2020-09-08-sensors-worlds-largest-digital-camera-snap-first-3200-megapixel-images-slac Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC. Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the heart and soul of the future camera of the Vera Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The images are so large that it would take 378 4K ultra-high-definition TV screens to display one of them in full size, and their resolution is so high that you could spot a golf ball from 20 miles away. These and other exceptional properties will soon drive even more exceptional astrophysical research. -------------------- Vera C. Rubin Observatory will conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which will collect 60 petabytes of data to address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe and the objects in it. LSST is designed to address four science areas: • Understanding Dark Matter and Dark Energy • Hazardous Asteroids and the Remote Solar System • The Transient Optical Sky • The Formation and Structure of the Milky Way -------------------- Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a federal project jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, with early construction funding received from private donations through the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded LSST (now Rubin Observatory) Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under the management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by SLAC. ------------------------ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory www.slac.stanford.edu Musicbed SyncID: MB017LYPE6MXMH0

Vera C. Rubin Observatory at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) using a DJI Mavic 3 drone.

August 29, 2022 - The Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera (ComCam) was successfully installed on the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) on the summit of Cerro Pachón on August 24, 2022. This marks the first time a real optical component has been integrated with the telescope structure, and an important step towards getting real astronomical data flowing from the observatory. M. Lopez/RubinObs/NSF/AURA Download original https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2689925/136641514 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Beginning with “First Blast” in 2011, the construction of Rubin Observatory on the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile has provided amazing visuals; this video shows construction progress over the last 10 years. Music from bensound.com Full-size download: https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2689925/119714533 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Pre-recorded presentation for Plenary 1 at the Rubin Observatory Project and Community Workshop 2020. https://project.lsst.org/meetings/rubin2020/agenda/session/community-alert-brokers Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Dr. Valerie Rapson shares information on two new telescope facilities coming online soon.

This video provides an overview of Rubin Observatory’s Data Preview 0, as well as information about the simulated data set that will be used for this data preview. Read the accompanying article: https://www.lsst.org/news/countdown-data-preview-zero Full-size download https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/folder/2689925/123435656 Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

A fulldome view of the control room at Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón, Chile. More information and download options: http://noirlab.edu/public/videos/LSST-FD-Clip29-CC/ Credit: Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos

More information and download options: http://noirlab.edu/public/videos/rubin_drone_clip1/ Credit: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA