LSST Primary/Tertiary Mirror Blank
Members of the team building the LSST, a large survey telescope being built in Northern Chile, gather to celebrate the successful casting of the telescope’s 27.5-foot-diameter mirror blank.
Seated on the mirror (L-R): LSST Director Tony Tyson, LSST System Scientist Zeljko Ivezic, LSST System Engineer Chuck Claver, and LSST Project Manager Don Sweeney.
Credit:Howard Lester / LSST Corporation
About the Image
Id: | rubin0803a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | Sept. 2, 2008, noon |
Related releases: | rubin0803 |
Size: | 2714 x 1879 px |
About the Object
Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |