
Manuel joined SLAC Strategic Communications & External Affairs in 2014. Before overseeing external communications, he managed SLAC's media relations program and wrote about the...

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


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

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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...

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The data acquisition system for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera starts right at the back of the...

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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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Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera
