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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory under construction in Chile. Its main task will be carrying out a synoptic astronomical survey, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Housed inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory — a new telescope nearing completion on Cerro Pachón, a 2,682-meter (8,800-feet) tall mountain about 300 miles (482 kilometers) north of the Chilean ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is named in her honor. [ 4 ] Beginning her academic career as the sole undergraduate in astronomy at Vassar College , Rubin went on to graduate studies at Cornell University and Georgetown University , where she observed deviations from Hubble flow in galaxies and provided evidence for the existence of ...
Vera C. Rubin Observatory to be located in Cerro Pachón Observatory (El Peñón). Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (planned but not yet initiated). Potential sites in Chile were located in the Antofagasta region. Further information on the Extremely large telescope.
The Gemini Observatory, which operated Gemini North in Hawaii and Gemini South in Chile The Vera C. Rubin Observatory , which was constructing the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in Chile On October 1, 2019, these three organizations merged their operations to form NOIRLab.
Cerro Pachón is a mountain in central Chile, [2] located east of the city of La Serena in the Coquimbo Region. The mountain is seismically active. [3] It is the site of the 8.1 m Gemini South Telescope of the Gemini Observatory, [4] and the 4.1 m SOAR optical imager. [5] As of 2020, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is being constructed at this ...
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, former name of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory astronomical observatory in Chile Legacy Survey of Space and Time, an astronomical survey performed at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory; Lowstand systems tract, a type of sedimentary deposit in sequence stratigraphy
In this image, shining brightly to the right of Comet Leonard is the planet Venus while down on Earth is Rubin Observatory, in its last stages of construction, perched on the Cerro Pachón ridge in north-central Chile. Rubin Observatory is a joint initiative of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy (DOE).