Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.2-Billion-Pixel Camera Captures First Image of 10 Million Galaxies
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Tony Tyson, a cosmologist, unveils the first image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.2-billion-pixel digital camera — the largest ever built. The image captures 10 million galaxies and marks the culmination of nearly 30 years of work. The observatory, built on a mountain in Chile, is designed to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail, revealing the universe's hidden contents.
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To appreciate each galaxy in detail, you'd have to stretch the picture across 400 TVs.
It's the first portrait of the cosmos delivered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new astronomical facility built by the United States on a mountain in Chile.
Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ready to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail.
