Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins historic 10-year sky survey with 3.2-billion-pixel camera
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Philip Plait
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the largest sky survey ever undertaken. Using an 8.4-meter telescope with a 3.2-billion-pixel camera that captures an image every 40 seconds, the observatory will repeatedly scan the entire visible sky over a decade. This massive dataset will enable breakthroughs in understanding dark matter, dark energy, near-Earth asteroids, the structure of the Milky Way, and transient astronomical phenomena. The survey represents a monumental leap in observational astronomy, generating unprecedented volumes of data and opening new frontiers for discovery.
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bskyVera C. Rubin Observatory begins historic 10-year sky survey with 3.2-billion-pixel camerabadastronomy.beehiiv.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory's monster 8.4-meter telescope has opened its eye and is now taking routine images of the night sky.
The camera it's using has 3.2 billion pixels — yes, billion — and takes an image of the sky every 40 seconds.
The patch of sky it sees in every image is a rough circle 50 times the area of the full moon on the sky.
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