Past Event
Public Lectures
Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation
Register to watch in person in the Kavli Auditorium, or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page. Plants supply us with food, clothing...
![Public Lecture: Joycelyn Richardson](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2025-01/public_lecture_jan_2025_poster_1080x720.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=q28yVBEc)
SLAC culture
SLAC's mission, vision and values tell our story – what we do, and why. These statements are guiding principles that define our purpose, frame...
![Drone view of SLAC's campus at sunrise](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/51857357183_0cc4c0568d_o.jpg?h=5e66058f&itok=_uhPQ3rQ)
![Aerial image of workers installing solar panels on a home.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-02/tess_la_house_aerial%20copy.jpg?h=79b2b32d&itok=ceG535CE)
Links
A Accelerator on a Chip (ACHIP) Admin guide, Stanford All-employee memos Archives, History and Record Office (AHRO) ATLAS Atlas@SLAC
![SLAC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-12/logo_card_default_0.png?h=e7b8aa21&itok=-vcZz48c)
Photograph
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)
![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)
Photograph
A front view of the completed LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within.
![A front view of the completed NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera, showing the 3,200-megapixel focal plane within](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-03/Finished%20LSST%20Camera-2.jpg?h=b8d3f039&itok=Jc_3mjqv)
Illustration
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...
![Exploded view of LSST Camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-11/lsst_explainer_exploded_view_final_highres.jpg?h=cef8570f&itok=n1lk2CZP)
Illustration
The data acquisition system for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera starts right at the back of the...
![LSST data acquisition system](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lsst_data_sv_camera_v02.jpg?h=33b4ec19&itok=Wtz-vZw2)
Illustration
Researchers examine the LSST Camera. The camera will soon be shipped to Chile, where it will be the heart of the Vera C. Rubin...
![Researchers examine the LSST Camera](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-03/lsst_camera_completion_pr_la_final.jpg?h=f50294bb&itok=1O2OHw6l)