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The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the SLAC-built LSST Camera image the visible southern sky over and over for a decade, creating a vast archive of data that will advance our knowledge of dark energy and dark matter.

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LSST Camera: World’s largest camera for astrophysics

Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Focal Plane Build 158

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Via Symmetry Magazine

Searching for the matter that hides its shine

Just because matter is visible doesn’t mean it’s easy to see.

May 16, 2023
Illustration of Earth and galaxies with icons representing telescopes.
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LSST Camera

Learn more about the LSST Camera for the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory led the construction of the LSST Camera – the largest digital camera ever built for astrophysics and cosmology.

Diagram of Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera lenses and filters
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SLAC’s camera assembly clean room

SLAC’s camera assembly clean room completed in 2015

March 22, 2023
SLAC’s camera assembly clean room
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Roman Space Telescope and Rubin Observatory scientists collaborate on a giant testbed of simulated galaxies

The synthetic galaxy catalog will help test Roman's capabilities and foster collaboration with the Rubin project. 

March 13, 2023  ·  4 min read
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Finding art in astrophysics technology

LSST Camera images provide the inspiration for artist Lennart Lahuis’s “Astromelancholia.”

November 22, 2022
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‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future

The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and...

October 24, 2022
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LSST Camera explainer

Learn about the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in this video.

October 4, 2022  ·  00:05:58  runtime
LSST Explainer | Mapping the universe
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Vera Rubin

Photo of Vera Rubin taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

September 30, 2022
Photo of Vera Rubin, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science, where Vera Rubin spent her career as a staff scientist
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Head of Romanesco

Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.

September 30, 2022
Head of Romanesco image taken with the focal plane of the LSST Camera.
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SLAC Recent History: Building the world's largest digital camera for a 10-year survey of the universe

SLAC Recent History (1990s-today NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera module) – Building the largest digital camera for a 10-year survey of the...

September 29, 2022  ·  00:06:59  runtime
Building the largest digital camera for a 10-year survey of the universe
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build

A SLAC team installs the final components of the LSST Camera focal plane that will become the heart and soul of the future camera...

September 28, 2022
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera focal plane build.
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LSST Camera r-band optical filter

SLAC's LSST team carefully unpack, examine, test and store the r-band filter, the first of six optic filters that will be part of the...

September 23, 2022
SLAC's LSST team carefully unpack, examine, test and store the r-band filter.