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  • This timelapse video shows the construction of Rubin Observatory from 2011-2022
    Rubin construction timelapse
  • The sliver of a crescent moon hangs above a dark horizon next to a silhouetted Rubin Observatory amid a firey orange sky
    A crescent moon at sunset
  • A view looking into the LSST Camera's huge opening. The camera opening is a large black donut shape, with reflections of ceiling light revealing the presence of glass lenses. In the center of the opening is the camera's focal plane detector, which is made of 189 square CCD chips arranged in a roughly square shape. The camera is suspended on a white metal frame with white handrails. The completely white room gives the image an overall sterile feel.
    Face to Face with the LSST Camera
  • A group of six people stand in front of the huge LSST digital camera, which is oriented so that we're looking into the lens opening and at the blue-tinted tiled focal plane of CCDs. The group of people are all outfitted head to toe in white clean room garb, with hair caps, face masks, white onesies, and foot covers.
    Lens cap off
  • Illustration that describes how the spaces are distributed within the observatory building.
    Observatory facility
  • Illustration that describes how the spaces are distributed within the observatory building.
    Observatory facility
  • Map showing data centers in the world.
    Rubin Observatory data centers and map
  • Drone view of a large group of people in matching teal shirts standing on a green lawn
    Group Photo from Rubin 2022
  • Teachers pose in a group picture
    Teachers' workshop
  • Teachers work on laptops with one of Rubin's investigation
    Teachers workshop in 2022
  • Snow blankets the mountaintop under a partly cloudy daytime sky. Roads are cleared and no snow appears on the observatory buildings.
    Cerro Pachón after a winter storm
  • The telescope mount is positioned horizontally and pointing away from the open slit of the dome.
    Telescope Mount
  • A large crane holds a person in a suspended bucket in front of the Rubin telescope mount
    Cable install
  • A computer server rack holds dozens of horizontal gray servers with blue buttons
    Data Acquisition Equipment
  • Wide view of the Rubin Observatory facility and smaller surrounding buildings against an orange and purple twilight sky
    Rubin Observatory at twilight
  • The truck carrying the coating chamber barely clears the tunnel. A banner on the chamber reads: Von Ardenne.
    Coating Chamber Transport
  • This view of the coating chamber shape resembles the bottom half of a flying saucer. The chamber is wrapped for transport.
    Coating chamber at summit.
  • A truck carrying a space ship-like silver object is traveling along a wet highway at night. The structure spans both lanes of the road.
    Coating Chamber Transport
  • A video demonstrating the movement of black, fan-shaped mirror covers that expand and retract
    Mirror cover test
  • The white, domed enclosure of the Rubin Auxiliary Telescope
    Summit May 2022
  • Brightly lit monitors fill a room seen through a glass wall
    Summit May 2022
  • View of Rubin Observatory with a yellow crane next to it
    Summit May 2022
  • A group of about 20 people stand behind the honeycombed glass surface of Rubin's 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror.
    Mirror Fabrication
  • The observatory site showing the main and auxiliary telescope domes, silhouetted against a twilight sky containing the Moon.
    Moon over Rubin ObservatoryRubin at twilight
  • Four image mosaic of the different parts of the Rubin Observatory in various locations worldwide. More detail in caption.
    Rubin's parts around the world
  • A large gold metal ring surrounds the LSST Camera focal plane
    Camera entrance lens
  • Brown mountains fade into the distance against a blue sky
    View from Quisco
  • The glass disk of the M1M3 mirror undergoes machine polishing. The mirror’s center is more steeply curved than the outer segment.
    M1M3 polishing
  • The camera assembly is lifted by a crane as workers monitor and aid in the move.
    Camera assembly
  • large metal cases housing capacitors line the track rails along the base of the telescope mount
    Capacitor bank
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