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LSST’s Cryostat Assembly Completed

This video highlights recent work on the cryostat for the LSST Camera of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

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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 the night skies.

LSST Camera Cryostat Grid

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.

Researchers examine the LSST Camera
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