๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐'๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐
Smartphones today boast cameras with 12 to 50 megapixels, more than enough for crisp, high-resolution photos, and what's more, with a 3,200-megapixel camera!
Thatโs exactly what powers the Rubin Observatoryโs LSST Camera, the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.
Today, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled its first teaser images, offering a breathtaking glimpse into the universe.
At the core of the Rubin Observatory is the 3,200-megapixel LSST Camera, capable of capturing remarkably detailed features of distant stars, galaxies, and other celestial bodies.
Built by a team of scientists, engineers and technicians at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the camera is about the size of a compact car and weighs nearly 2,800 kilograms.
Each photo it takes spans a sky area equivalent to 45 full Moons.
Captured in just 10 hours, the initial data reveals millions of galaxies and countless asteroids, marking the beginning of a new era in digital astronomy.
One highlight is a composite image of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae, stellar nurseries in the Milky Way located a few thousand light-years from Earth.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
๐ท NSFโDOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
