US EditionVera C. Rubin Observatory Unveils First Images Ahead of Decadal Sky Survey
CHILE, JUN 24 – The observatory’s 3,200-megapixel camera captured over 2,000 new asteroids and millions of galaxies in its first 10 hours, starting a decade-long survey of the southern sky.
- On June 23, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile released its first images, with a local viewing party at the Rochester Museum & Science Center.
- Supported by U.S. research agencies, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory features the world’s largest digital camera and an almost 28-foot-wide mirror and will view more of the universe from the southern hemisphere than all previous ground-based telescopes.
- To test the optics, L3Harris’s Rochester team polished and finished the 3.5-meter secondary mirror, which weighs about 3,500 pounds and was suspended two stories down for downward-facing tests.
- When the first round of data arrived on Monday, Matthew Payne described it as `nerve-racking and exciting simultaneously`, while Rebecca Borrelli felt anticipation and pride.
- Looking ahead, Vera C. Rubin Observatory will launch a mission later this year to scan the southern sky, and once fully operational it will survey it every few days for a decade.
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