Named after the leading astrophysicist Vera C. RubinWhose work confirmed the existence of dark matter, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is one of The most ambitious ground-based telescopes ever made.
Rubin’s mission is to survey the entire southern sky every three nights using its 8.4-meter Simoni Survey Telescope And a record-breaking 3.2 gigapixels LSST CameraThe largest digital camera.
What is this?
This image captures the Rubin Observatory below glare broom southern Milky Way galaxywith large magellanic cloud The left side is glowing softly. The arc of the Milky Way above reflects the vast area Rubin will soon observe in exquisite detail night after night, as it creates the most comprehensive record yet of the changing night sky.
where is?
The Rubin Observatory is located at the summit of Cerro Pachón in the Andes mountains of Chile.
Why is this surprising?
Now that it is fully operational, Rubin is working on a 10-year-long survey, known as Heritage Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which will record the positions, brightness and motion of billions of celestial objects. The amount of data it collects is so large that astronomers working at the observatory require electronic ‘Data Butler’ To help manage the telescope’s images.
Using his camera, Rubin will detect 10 million momentary changes in the sky each night asteroid To Supernova.
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