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  • Rubin During First Look Observations (Fulldome view)
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  • Rubin with M41 during First Look Observations
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  • The Commissioning Camera in December 2024
  • The Commissioning Camera in December 2024
  • The Commissioning Camera in December 2024
  • The car-sized, black and teal commissioning camera sits on a yellow transport cart on Rubin Observatory's heavy lift elevator platform. The concrete walls of the elevator shaft surround the platform and extend up out of view.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • Face on view of Rubin's reflective donut-shaped secondary mirror, surrounding by a black light blocking baffle
    Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
  • Face on view of Rubin's reflective donut-shaped secondary mirror, surrounding by a black light blocking baffle. Seven Rubin staff members pose beneath wearing safety gear.
    Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
  • Seven members of the Rubin Observatory team pose for a group photo beneath the newly revealed reflective secondary mirror. The secondary mirror itself is surrounded by a black light blocking baffle ring. Beyond the light baffle, the far wall of the observatory dome interior is visible as a white wall with many criss crossing teal beams.
    Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
  • 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
  • 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 right. The observatory sits against purple gray cloudy sky, with sunlight shining from the left. Rolling mountain ridges ranging from brown nearby to greenish gray further away.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • 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 right. The observatory sits against the Chilean desert mountain landscape under a cloudy sky. The nearby mountains are brown, with sunlight illuminating them, while the farther mountains appear more blue.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón at sunset. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against purple blue mountains, and the dome glints pink in the setting sunlight
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • 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 gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of purple and pink fading into the background.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • 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 right. The observatory sits against firey orange mountains under a gray sky. The dome glints a dazzling orange from the setting sun.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • 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 pink sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of blue fading into the background.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • 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 toward us and slightly to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and pink sky and gray clouds, with rolling mountain ridges in varying shades of blue fading into the background.
    Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
  • Rubin's 8.4-meter mirror glass on its teal support cell on the observatory maintenance area, partially underneath the coating chamber. The glass is a thick disk of white glass and a protective blue top surface sitting on top of the square-shaped support cell. The metal coating chamber is as big as the glass and support cell combined.
    Inside Rubin Observatory April 2024
  • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. A couple of faint satellite streaks can be seen to the left of the observatory.
    Rubin Observatory Evening
  • A telescope dome and steel towers sit on a rocky mountain site. The sky fills the top half of the image, and is a {{describe sky}}. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image.
    Rubin's Auxiliary Telescope
  • Rubin Observatory under a night sky. The observatory is a boot shape sitting on top of its rocky summit site, made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right, and a few passenger vehicles are parked in the flat area in front of the observatory.
    Rubin Observatory March 2024
  • The night sky from Cerro Pachón. A band of denser stars making up the Milky Way stretches vertically up through the center of the image. Tiny pinpricks of star light fill the rest of the image against a blue-black sky. The horizon is a thin strip along the very bottom of the image, with the undulating desert mountain peaks visible. Light from nearby La Serena is visible above the horizon as yellow and and green hue.
    Cerro Pachón Night Sky
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