This video highlights recent work on the cryostat for the LSST Camera of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
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Focal plane of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera.
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The LSST’s camera will include a filter-changing mechanism and shutter. This animation shows that mechanism at work, which allows the camera to view different...
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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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Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles.
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Mechanical engineer Travis Lange carefully watches the installation of the 14th raft tower modules.
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The LSST camera will sit atop Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope high in the Andes of Chile.
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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...
