NEWS
Welcome to the Rubin Era
June 23, 2025 | James Davenport | DiRAC
The Rubin Observatory released its first images to the world today… and our work will never be the same.
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Vera Rubin telescope is pointing the world’s biggest camera at cosmos
June 22, 2025 | The Washington Post | By Joel Achenbach
The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m. EST, followed by a news conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington.
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Earth’s Largest Camera Takes 3 Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky
June 20, 2025 | The New York Times | By Jonathan Corum and Kenneth Chang
At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is the world’s largest digital camera. About the size of a small car, it will create an unparalleled map of the night sky. The observatory’s first public images of the sky are expected to be released on June 23. Here’s how its camera […]
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The Rubin Observatory is throwing a big party to reveal its first pictures — and you’re invited
June 20, 2025 | GeekWire | by Alan Boyle
After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the world is invited. The observatory in the foothills of the Chilean Andes features a monster of a telescope, with an 8.4-meter-wide (28-foot-wide) mirror, coupled with what’s said to be the world’s largest digital camera.
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World’s Biggest Digital Camera Will Release Its First Photos of the Night Sky. Here’s How to Watch Live
June 18, 2025 | Stephanie Pappas | Scientific American
During the public events on June 23, 2025, you’ll get to watch one of the observatory’s high-resolution time-lapse “movies” of the visible sky. It will be sky watching in high definition: the observatory is designed to show very detailed views of the universe in crisp detail over wide areas, so viewers will get a glimpse […]
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