"The most exciting telescope that no-one is talking about"

[William Seger]

The Vera C. Rubin telescope being built in Peru has a 28-foot mirror and a 3.2 gigapixel camera.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Thank you for posting that.

I periodically reference My Son The Astronomer. Said son is currently in a PhD program in astronomy, doing exoplanet research, which this particular telescope won't be doing.

I was pleased to see that the mirrors for the telescope were made at the mirror lab at the University of Arizona. In 2013 I attended the adult astronomy camp at the University of Arizona, and one of the very first things that happened in the camp was a visit to the mirror lab. It's impressive.

[hunter]

3. Spin casting mirrors was a wonderful innovation.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Thanks, William Seger. Here are some web sites for that project...

Rubin Observatory Home Page: https://www.lsst.org/

Project photo and site camera page: https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/ (they have three on-site live cameras)

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Financial support for LSST comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation (http://www.lsstcorporation.org/). The NSF-funded LSST Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (http://www.aura-astronomy.org/). The DOE-funded effort to build the LSST camera is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/).

The National Science Foundation (https://www.nsf.gov/) is an independent federal agency created by Congress(link is external) in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support LSST in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.

Wikipedia: Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory


KY........

[Judi Lynn]

6. Thank you for the helpful links, KY_EnviroGuy. So thoughtful. 🌌

[Canoe52]

4. 3.2 Gigapixels? Great Scott!!!

[Judi Lynn]

5. Overwhelming! Thanks, so much, for the video. Looking forward so much to its future. Wow. ⭐️