Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
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Sunrise timelapse of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
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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...
![Exploded view of LSST Camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-11/lsst_explainer_exploded_view_final_highres.jpg?h=cef8570f&itok=n1lk2CZP)
The LSST camera will sit atop Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope high in the Andes of Chile.
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An artist's rendering of the LSST Camera showing its major components including lenses, sensor array, and utility trunk.
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A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.
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SLAC's LSST team carefully unpack, examine, test and store the r-band filter, the first of six optic filters that will be part of the...
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The LSST Camera's digital sensor, visible through the camera's five-foot front lens.
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A SLAC team installs the final components of the LSST Camera focal plane that will become the heart and soul of the future camera...
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Researchers examine the LSST Camera. The camera will soon be shipped to Chile, where it will be the heart of the Vera C. Rubin...
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