Learn how Rubin's LSST Camera is similar to the digital camera you might have at home...but bigger!
Your digital camera fits in your pocket — the LSST Camera wouldn't even fit in a car!
You carry your digital camera on a strap — at over 2800 kg (6000 lbs), LSST Camera requires a heavy-lift crane.
Images from your digital camera can fit on a phone screen or computer monitor at full resolution. A single image from LSST Camera would require 400 ultra-high definition displays!
Your digital camera works at room temperature, but the LSST Camera chills at -100°C — colder than an Antarctic winter.
Your digital camera makes images you can attach to an email — the LSST Camera creates images that need a supercomputing data center.
While you clean your digital camera's lens with a tissue, the LSST Camera lens needs a ladder and an entire team effort.
There are many millions of handheld cameras, but there’s only one LSST camera — it’s literally one of a kind!
