LSST Camera moves out of the clean room at SLAC

The LSST Camera, the world's largest digital camera ever built for astronomy. Roughly the size of a small car and weighing in at three tons, the camera features a five-foot wide front lens and a 3,200 megapixel sensor. Once complete and in place atop the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile, the camera will survey the southern night sky for a decade.

Credit:

LSST Camera Project/T. Lange

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Id:rubin-IMG_7966
Type:Photographic
Release date:May 22, 2024, 6 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2413
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