This photo shows the 3,200-megapixel focal plane of Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera, under construction at SLAC.
![LSSTCam](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsstcam-focalplane-lowres_0.jpg?h=51d1a7e2&itok=EaRcSqSs)
SLAC’s LSST camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
![SLAC’s LSST camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2019_1126_LSST_Raft_14_Installation_Orrell-34638.jpg?h=3dfceb1c&itok=9rWQVP5t)
Mechanical engineer Travis Lange carefully watches the installation of the 14th raft tower modules.
![Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Focal Plane Build](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/vera-c-rubin-observatory-lsst-camera-focal-plane-build-105_50212638783_o.jpg?h=68b9a15a&itok=HghWYbDh)
Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles.
![LSST lens inspection](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/51046076693_1127d1452b_o.jpg?h=b310d9f3&itok=fT01E0gJ)
![Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2019_1009_LSST_L3_Lens_Inspection_Orrell-32276.jpg?h=0d3e61f8&itok=x2OGktBg)
![LSSTCam Focal Plane Header](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsst_focal_plane_leadart_final-1600px.jpg?h=6f7f1d35&itok=nCEcrOxY)
Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.
![LSSTCam Focal Plane Projector](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsst_focal_plane_pinhole_gangup_v01-1200px.jpg?h=128c0d6f&itok=80Lbk-ge)
The LSST camera integration and testing team is slowly assembling the camera’s focal plane
![LSST raft installation](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019_1126_LSST_Raft_14_Installation_Orrell-34460.jpg?h=84b100ad&itok=dSs6Mqlf)
The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.
![LSST data illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsst_data_la_v01.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=IHDaATf0)
![LSST data acquisition system](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsst_data_sv_camera_v02.jpg?h=33b4ec19&itok=Wtz-vZw2)
![Photo of Vera Rubin, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science, where Vera Rubin spent her career as a staff scientist](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/LSST-viewer-rubin.png?h=bd503d64&itok=00x664oJ)
![Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/LSST-viewer-Romanesco.png?h=c2f5aadc&itok=ml4A7Fhu)