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Rubin Observatory and the SLAC-built LSST Camera image the visible southern sky over and over for a decade, creating a vast archive of data that will advance our knowledge of dark energy and dark matter.

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LSST Camera: World’s largest camera for astronomy

Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Focal Plane Build 158

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The LSST camera integration and testing team is slowly assembling the camera’s focal plane

LSST raft installation
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His work aims to deepen our understanding of dark matter, dark energy and other secrets of the universe.

Photo of Panofsky fellow Daniel Gruen
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SLAC completed its work on ComCam, a commissioning device to be installed in Chile later this year.

LSST-ComCam
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Building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope also means solving extraordinary technological challenges.

LSST camera engineering
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SLAC on Tap event series poster
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The LSST camera integration and testing team inserted a raft of nine imaging sensors into the body of the ComCam. This miniature version of...

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An astronomical data challenge

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will track billions of objects for 10 years, creating unprecedented opportunities for studies of cosmic mysteries.

LSST data management.
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The building boom

These projects, selected during the process to plan the future of US particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10...

Illustration of various science experiments
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To keep up with an impending astronomical increase in data about our universe, astrophysicists turn to machine learning.

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The LSST cryostat, now fully assembled, will keep the camera’s image sensors continuously cooled to minus 150 degrees Fahrenheit for crisp, high-sensitivity views of...

LSST Cryostat Grid
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View into the LSST cryostat assembly.

LSST Cryostat Grid
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This video highlights recent work on the LSST cryostat.
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