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    • LSST Camera Installation
    • LSST Camera Installation
    • LSST Camera Installation
    • LSST Camera Installation
    • LSST Camera Installation
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's telescope structure, pointing upward toward zenith. The telescope is made of teal steel support beams and is shaped like a vase, with a flat top and rounded flat bottom.
      The Rubin Observatory telescope mount in October 2024.
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin's 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror is installed
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • The secondary mirror of Rubin Observatory is lowered into final position on the telescope, as viewed from the other end of the telescope through the light-dispersing baffle for the primary mirror. The baffle forms a black circular border around the image. The secondary mirror supports form an X in the background with a teal ring in the center where the mirror will go. The mirror with its metal cover is just above the teal ring. Walkway platforms bisect the view from the left and right.
      Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Two staff in white onesie suits stand on a hexagonal platform with yellow railings, supervising the placement of the cover on Rubin's 3.5-meter secondary mirror. The cover is a silver steel disk with a large hole in the middle suspended from cables attached to a crane out of view.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • View of the Rubin maintenance floor, full of many of the telescope components waiting to be installed. At front and to the right, the 3.5-meter secondary mirror lies flat on a hexagonal platform with yellow railings. At back, the 8.4-meter main mirror sits protected beneath the large silver coating chamber. To the left, the commissioning camera faces lengthwise away from the viewer, sitting on a yellow steel support.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • An engineer in protective gear works from the central hole in the secondary mirror. They are wearing a white onesie suit and protective gear, and holding an instrument. The secondary mirror is sitting on a thick support cell, which is surrounded by a hexagonal platform with yellow railings.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • View of the Rubin maintenance floor, full of many of the telescope components waiting to be installed. At front and to the right, the 3.5-meter secondary mirror lies flat on a hexagonal platform with yellow railings. Two engineers in white onesie suits and protective gear work at the mirror. At back, the 8.4-meter main mirror sits protected beneath the large silver coating chamber. To the left, the commissioning camera faces lengthwise away from the viewer, sitting on a yellow steel support.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and orange sky and spotty gray clouds, with rolling purpley mountain ridges fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
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