The Vera C. Rubin Observatory starts 10 year cosmic survey
The 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time has officially started, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics (more).
At our institute the group of Marcelle Soares Santos contributed to commissioning of the LSST camera on the telescope, data taking and data analysis.
Image: Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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- The LSST Camera team, including UZH PhD student Sean MacBride (first row, third from the left), celebrating the "first photon" milestone on the night of April 15, 2025.
Video showing how NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time and build a 10-year time-lapse of the entire southern sky.
Mapping the Universe: video with PhD student Sean MacBride speaking 1:51-3:49.
Paper on the performance of the camera through the year-long on-sky verification period.