Pinhole camera test set-up
Taking the first 3200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane. To do so without a fully assembled camera, the SLAC team used a 0.15-mm (0.005-inch) pinhole to project images onto the focal plane. Left: Schematic of a pinhole projector that projects an image of a Romanesco’s detailed texture onto the focal plane. Right: SLAC's Yousuke Utsumi and Aaron Roodman remove the pinhole projector from the cryostat assembly after projecting the first image onto the focal plane.
Credit:Greg Stewart/Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NSF/DOE/Rubin Observatory/AURA
About the Image
Id: | ann20013f |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | Sept. 8, 2020, 6:59 p.m. |
Related announcements: | ann20013 |
Size: | 4361 x 2100 px |
About the Object
Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
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