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LSST Camera raft installation

Hannah Pollek and Travis Lange at the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) raft installation.

September 23, 2022
Hannah Pollek (right), and Travis Lange at the LSST Camera raft installation.
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LSST data illustration

The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.

March 10, 2022
LSST data illustration
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L3 lens of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera

Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera

September 22, 2022
Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera
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LSST camera focal plane

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera’s focal plane has a surface area large enough to capture a portion of the sky...

September 23, 2022
LSST camera focal plane
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LSST Camera major components

An artist's rendering of the LSST Camera showing its major components including lenses, sensor array, and utility trunk.

March 22, 2024
An artist rendering of the LSST Camera showing its major components
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Completed NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera

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

March 22, 2024
A front view of the completed NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera digital sensor

The LSST Camera's digital sensor, visible through the camera's five-foot front lens.

August 18, 2023
A digital camera sensor is visible through a large camera lens sitting inside a white room.
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LSST Camera optical filter inspection

From left, Travis Lange, Hannah Pollek and LLNL’s Justin Wolfe inspect LSST Camera optic filters.

September 21, 2022
Inspection of the LSST Camera optical filters
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LSST Camera Cryostat Grid

View into the LSST cryostat assembly.

August 2, 2018
LSST Camera Cryostat Grid
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Assembly TimeLapse

Inserting rafts into the focal plane of the LSST Camera was a high-stakes operation that took about six months.

September 8, 2020  ·  00:02:22  runtime
video still frame of Rubin Observatory Camera Assembly TimeLapse
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The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera

LSST is currently under construction in Chile. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is leading the construction of the LSST camera...

November 1, 2016
Stillframe image of Vera Rubin Observatory
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build

A SLAC team installs the final components of the LSST Camera focal plane that will become the heart and soul of the future camera...

September 28, 2022
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build.
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