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World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)
A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with ... Its state-of-the-art mirror design, highly ...
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Vera Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating ... Telescope in Chile has now been equipped with all three of its mirrors, plus a camera for good measure. Last week’s installation ...
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Forget Still Pictures. This New Observatory Will Make Astronomy Videos
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ... in its database for study by astronomers around the world. The Rubin Observatory’s mirror-and-camera combo will operate differently from other big astronomical ...
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Scientists process test images at Rubin Observatory in preparation for ‘First Look’
(Credit: Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA / F. Munoz) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun generating test images of the night sky, thanks to the Simonyi Survey ...
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If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope might actually find it
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, has been under construction for years — and later this month workers are ...
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Remembering Vera Rubin, a trailblazer at the telescope and beyond
It is what we cannot see, however, that will forever remind us of astronomer Vera Rubin. Rubin is best known for confirming the existence of dark matter and, along the way, serving as an advocate ...