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SMILE FOR THE CAMERA

Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

October 12, 2022 - Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera is having a moment, and it’s
one that’s getting lots of media attention. Although the camera isn’t fully
complete yet, all of its mechanical components are now together for the first
time—in one photogenic structure. The team at SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory facilitated media visits to the clean room while the camera is
positioned so that visitors can see its impressive focal plane (which contains
189 CCDs) through the camera’s lenses. In total, the SLAC team hosted 21
visitors from 14 outlets in September, representing a range of media
interests—local, national, science, print, radio, video and TV. 

When they’re not answering questions about the 3200 megapixel camera that will
take images  for Rubin Observatory’s 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time,
the team at SLAC is testing the camera shutter and the filter exchange system,
two dynamic components that were also recently installed. 

Before the end of the year, the camera will undergo one final modification: the
installation of an updated refrigeration system. At that point the camera will
be complete and ready for final testing before it ships to Chile in May of
2023. 

Recent media stories featuring the LSST Camera:

 * NPR, The world's biggest digital camera is almost ready to be installed on
   its telescope
 * Mercury News, The big picture: Bay Area space scientists build world’s
   largest digital camera – front page: print 10/3
 * SF Chronicle, Photos: Stanford just built the world’s largest digital camera
   to make ‘a 10-year movie’ of the night sky
 * KCBS, Stanford unveils digital camera more powerful than James Webb telescope
 * NBC Bay Area, Massive Camera for Astronomy Built in the Bay Area
 * InMenlo, Menlo Park is home to the world’s largest digital camera
 * IEEE Spectrum, The World’s Largest Camera Is Nearly Complete
 * PetaPixel: 3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera is Almost Complete
 * The Independent, World’s largest camera aims to unlock mysteries of the
   universe
 * New Scientist, Astronomers have unveiled the world’s largest digital camera
 * Interesting Engineering, The world’s largest digital camera has enough detail
   to capture a Moon dust particle
 * Daily Mail, World's largest camera with a five-foot-wide lens powerful enough
   to spot a golf ball from 15 miles away is unveiled by astronomers - and will
   be used to capture the night sky in never-before-seen detail
 * The Almanac, World's largest digital camera debuts in Menlo Park
 * BBC Newsround, Scientists reveal the world's largest digital camera!
 * Newsweek, Scientists To Unveil World's Largest Digital Camera
 * ABC7, World's largest camera nears completion (no web link, download link
   only)
 * Wired, A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers Salivating





Rubin Commissioning Camera Installed on the Telescope Mount





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Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science
Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of
Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private
funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project
Office for construction was established as an operating center under management
of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The
DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is
managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created
by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic
research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase.
They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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