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 ...

And we're actively looking for new dwarf satellites of NGC 55 in DELVE-DEEP data. Look out for more on that search soon!

WCwcerny.bsky.socialSep 13, 2023 2:27am

I'm a day late, but I wanted to advertise the latest paper from the DES and DELVE collaborations, led by Mitch McNanna! The paper's results include the discovery of a *very* diffuse (resolved) dwarf galaxy candidate near the LMC-mass host NGC 55 (D ~ 2 Mpc). Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2309.04467

@mikecarlucci.bsky.social Thanks for donating an invitation so that I could join this site! Such a relief to flee the other cesspool.

Yeah, that jellyfish is a great candidate for a "pretty picture"! Did you find that visually or algorithmically? (I think I probably know the answer! ;) )