SLAC’s LSST camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Mechanical engineer Travis Lange carefully watches the installation of the 14th raft tower modules.
Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles.
From left, Travis Lange, Hannah Pollek and LLNL’s Justin Wolfe inspect LSST Camera optic filters.
Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.
The LSST camera integration and testing team is slowly assembling the camera’s focal plane
The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.