Spot the difference! 🧐 Learn about the technique of "difference imaging" in this video, which scientists will use to identify up to 10 million alerts every night once Rubin begins to #CaptureTheCosmos in 2025 🧪🔭 🔗:

Spot the Difference: How Rubin Reveals Cosmic Changes

How does Rubin Observatory spot changes in the night sky? This short video explains the technique of "difference imaging."Use policyhttps://gallery.lsst.org/...

Until now, testing the telescope was done using steel "surrogate" masses. But finally, it's time to put the telescope together for real🤩 With the first glass installed, we're in the final stretch of construction and on track to #CaptureTheCosmos in 2025! 🔭

Rubin Observatory, with its keen eye and wide view, will #CaptureTheCosmosrubinobservatory.org...

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory is a new facility nearing completion in Chile, expected to begin its ambitious ten-year survey in 2025. Together with NASA's Roman Space Telescope (launching in 2027), Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos & enable innumerable discoveries about our Universe. 🔭🧪

In early 2025, the car-sized 3200-megapixel camera will begin to #CaptureTheCosmosrubinobservatory.org...

LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile, Paving the Way for Cosmic Exploration

The largest camera ever built for astrophysics has completed the long journey from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California to the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile, where it will soon help unlock the Universe’s mysteries

Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter mirror is finally, well, a mirror! 🥳 The glass got its shiny coating this past weekend—but what did that actually look like? Find out in the fifth and final video in our "Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror" series ✨ 🔭 #CaptureTheCosmosyoutu.be/rK3XNXPATMI

The Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror | Part five: Coating the glass - YouTube

Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter mirror is finally, well, a mirror! The glass got its shiny coating ton April 27, 2024—but what did that actually look like?Use ...

De eerste reflecterende coating werd aangebracht op de 8,4 meter lange gecombineerde primaire/tertiaire spiegel van het Vera C. Rubin Observatorium. #CaptureTheCosmosrubinobservatory.org/news/coating...

Rubin Observatory Achieves Another Major Milestone: Reflective Coating of the 8.4-Meter Primary/Tertiary Mirror

The first reflective coating was applied to Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror using the observatory’s onsite coating chamber

When you finally get that shiny coating you wanted.... 🤩 Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter mirror is officially, finally, a mirror! In a 4.5-hour process, the glass got its protected silver coating—and one step closer to being able to #CaptureTheCosmosrubinobservatory.org...

What goes into preparing Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass to get its reflective coating? Quite a lot, it turns out! Learn about the preparation process in Part 4 of the "Making of Rubin 's 8.4-meter Mirror" ✨ #CaptureTheCosmosyoutu.be/i_u-5GAIaS8

Making Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror | PART FOUR: Preparing for coating - YouTube

What goes into preparing Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass to get its reflective coating? Quite a lot, it turns out!Use policyhttps://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/bran...

Rubin's 8.4-meter two-in-one mirror was made in Arizona, but now it's in Chile...what happened in between? Find out in part three of the "Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror" ‼️🚢 #CaptureTheCosmosyoutu.be/sufjakrgdEM

The Making of Rubin's 8.4-meter Mirror | Part three: Shipping - YouTube

Rubin's 8.4-meter two-in-one mirror was made in Arizona, but now it's in Chile...what happened in between?Use policyhttps://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidel...