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Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera

The largest digital camera ever built for ground-based astronomy, the 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera, built at SLAC for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is the size of a small car and weighs more than 3 tons.

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LSST Camera: A new picture of the cosmos

It will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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Once set in place atop a telescope in Chile, the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera will help researchers better understand dark matter, dark energy and other mysteries of our universe.

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