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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 .
Erin Howard poses on the summit of Chile's Cerro Pachón with the Vera C. Rubin observatory. Howard, a Bremerton native and Olympic College graduate, is part of the team erecting what will be the ...
On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which holds the largest digital camera in the world, is preparing to power up. Telescope with world’s largest digital camera ...
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).
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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
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 ...
Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (/ ˈ r uː b ɪ n /; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. [1] [2] She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves.