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In two recent experiments, SLAC researchers demonstrated new methods to use attosecond pulses in pump-probe experiments and generate high-power attosecond X-ray pulses.

Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.

Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.

The largest digital camera ever built for ground-based astronomy, the 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera is the size of a small car and weighs more than 3 tons.

The data acquisition system for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera starts right at the back of the focal plane, a composite of 189 digital sensors used to take night-sky images, plus several more used to line up...

Researchers examine the LSST Camera. The camera will soon be shipped to Chile, where it will be the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (right).

Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera

The LSST’s camera will include a filter-changing mechanism and shutter. This animation shows that mechanism at work, which allows the camera to view different wavelengths; the camera is capable of viewing light from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared (0.3-1 μm) wavelengths.