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Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles.
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Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.
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The LSST camera integration and testing team is slowly assembling the camera’s focal plane
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The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.
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The data acquisition system starts right at the back of the focal plane, a composite of 189 digital sensors used...