Ranked as the top ground-based national priority for the field for the current decade, LSST is currently under construction in Chile. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is leading the construction of the LSST camera – the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy. SLAC Professor Steven M. Kahn is the overall Director of the LSST project, and SLAC personnel are also participating in the data management. The National Science Foundation is the lead agency for construction of the LSST. Additional financial support comes from the Department of Energy and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation.
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The LSST camera will sit atop Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope high in the Andes of Chile.
An artist's rendering of the LSST Camera showing its major components including lenses, sensor array, and utility trunk.
A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.
The LSST camera will sit atop Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope high in the Andes of Chile.
An artist's rendering of the LSST Camera showing its major components including lenses, sensor array, and utility trunk.
A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.
Researchers examine the LSST Camera. The camera will soon be shipped to Chile, where it will be the heart of the Vera C. Rubin...
