#capturethecosmos — Public Fediverse posts
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Star Trails over Rubin
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521k
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope #startrails #astrophotography
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The open star cluster Messier 21 as imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Located near the Trifid Nebula, Messier 21 is relatively young and tightly packed with small, dim stars.
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521ag#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope #Messier21 #opencluster #starcluster #astrophotography
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Rubin with M41 during First Look Observations
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521i/
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope #Messier41 #opencluster #starcluster #beehivecluster #astrophotography #nightskyphotography
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Want to explore the Virgo Cluster at full resolution? Head to the Skyviewer App and enjoy some cosmic joyscrolling! There's so much to explore and discover ✨ #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
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Smile, universe! It is time for your close-up with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
by By Kenneth Chang and Katrina Miller for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-telescopes-first-images.html#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #galaxies #VirgoCluster #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope
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Cosmic Drama
A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, revealing both the grand scale and the faint details of this dynamic region of the Cosmos.
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/urcqf35h9h28ha8huluk8jb02j
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #galaxies #VirgoCluster #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope
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A Swarm of New Asteroids, discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in about 10 hours of observations
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/5iqj02kcs14lt24j845a58n15p
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #asteroids #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope
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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time
Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/o21f5luqhd3q56603a6toaf61c#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope
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Rubin observatory unveils first images taken with its giant mirror and camera
Pictures are a prelude to a transformative, all-sky survey set to begin in months. More images and videos will be revealed in a livestreamed event today.
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #cosmology #telescope
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The 4 biggest mysteries the new Vera Rubin Observatory could solve
No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.
Just two days to go before the public reveal of the first images!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/vera-rubin-observatory-new-telescope-science-mysteries#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #cosmology #telescope
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Beautiful new cover of Science Magazine, starring the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
3 days to go before the first images are revealed!
https://www.science.org/toc/science/388/6753
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Science #magazine #ScienceMagazine #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #news #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #MilkyWay
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We'll even have answers to questions we didn't think to ask! 🧐
Get ready to join us virtually for #RubinFirstLook — the grand reveal of images from Rubin, and the first preview of what's to come over the next ten years as Rubin begins to #CaptureTheCosmos ✨
🗓️: June 23, 2025
🕚: 11am US EDT
🔗: https://ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream -
We are 4 days from Rubin First Look, so we're locked in on our 4 science goals!
NSFF–DOE Rubin Observatory will focus on:
🧐 Understanding Dark Matter and Dark Energy
🌎 Creating an Inventory of the Solar System
🌌 Mapping the Milky Way
☄️ Exploring the Changing SkyAs we begin to #CaptureTheCosmos, we hope to answer questions like what are dark matter and dark energy? How did our Solar System form and evolve? How did the Milky Way form, and how has it evolved?
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to transform astronomy. Its wide and fast survey will discover billions of dynamic objects while building up a deep map of the universe. #CaptureTheCosmos
First images will be revealed to the public on June 23 #RubinFirstLook
https://www.science.org/content/article/giant-all-seeing-telescope-set-revolutionize-astronomy
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🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨We are 6 days away from the world's First Look at images from Rubin!
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will take a new 3200-megapixel image every ~40s, yielding ~20 terabytes of data every night! The deluge of data is about to begin 🌊
Get ready to join us virtually for #RubinFirstLook — the reveal of images from Rubin, and the first preview of what's to come as Rubin begins to #CaptureTheCosmos ✨
🗓️: June 23, 2025
🕚: 11am US EDT
🔗: https://ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream -
T-7 days! We're getting so close to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images 🤩#RubinFirstLook
Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬
🗓️: June 23, 2025
⌚️: 11am US EDT
🔗: https://ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream -
The Universe is full of color 🌈
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory has 6 filters to see specific ranges of colors, labeled u, g, r, i, z, and y. They allow Rubin to #CaptureTheCosmos from high-energy ultraviolet (u), to visible light (g, r), to near-infrared (i, z, y).
Why do we need filters? 🤨
Each filter helps scientists understand specific areas of interest, from young and hot stars that are bright in the ultraviolet, to very faint and distant old galaxies that are visible in the infrared.
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We are T–10 days from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's First Look! 🚨
This reveal of Rubin's first images is just a preview of what's to come as Rubin prepares to #CaptureTheCosmos for the next ten years!
Here are 6 things you need to know before the big day🎬
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🚨 10 MILLION ALERTS INCOMING 🚨
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will repeatedly image the entire visible night sky, alerting scientists to changes in the brightness or positions of billions cosmic objects. There'll be up to 10 million alerts every night! We can't wait! 🔭
Read more about the coming alert stream from Rubin Observatory at https://rubinobservatory.org/explore/how-rubin-works/alerts
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We're only TWO WEEKS out from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images!
Get ready for the first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey in a live streamed #RubinFirstLook event on June 23, 2025 at 11am EDT!
Stay up to date at https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
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The tech of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory makes it unique. It will use the car-sized LSST Camera to #CaptureTheCosmos, and the telescope’s drive system, rigid design, and compact shape allow it to change sky locations and be ready for its next image in just 5 seconds! ⚡️
🔗: https://rubinobservatory.org/explore/how-rubin-works/technology
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🇬🇧 The United Kingdom's UK Data Facility and IRIS network will process about a quarter of Rubin’s data.
With this global data coordination, Rubin will not only #CaptureTheCosmos...it will fuel discoveries around the globe!
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The sky doesn’t wait—and neither will we! 💨
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory has an automated scheduler that takes into account current weather conditions, moon phases, and observatory capabilities to determine the best next place to point the telescope. 🌙 #CaptureTheCosmos
📷: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA/P. Assunção Lago
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This week, our team collected their most detailed calibration data yet, measuring how the camera responds to light & testing for signal interference.
Meanwhile, the US Data Facility at SLAC is now processing data in near real time & ramping up to handle the coming data deluge.
Finally, the team achieved the first patch of sky captured using all six wavelength bands!
Rubin’s quest to #CaptureTheCosmos is about to begin ✨Get ready for our grand reveal of our first images, coming June 23.
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#WithoutNSF, there would be no @VRubinObs .
And a lot less of the science it will do, from near-Earth objects to cosmology.
QT AURA Astronomy
@aura-astronomy.bsky.social
2025 May 23SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025!
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey
More details soon—stay up to date at https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
https://bsky.app/profile/aura-astronomy.bsky.social/post/3lptzofggqc2t
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025!
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
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As we near Rubin Observatory's First Look, we can't stop talking about it 🗣️ See how the scientific community describes NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory to friends and family in the premiere of "Cosmic Clips!"🎬
Stay tuned for more as Rubin prepares to #CaptureTheCosmos ✨
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Happy International Day of Light💡
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will #CaptureTheCosmos in a range of wavelengths of light like...
🌈Visible: the colors we see
🕶️Ultraviolet: high-energy light invisible to our eyes
🔥Infrared: low-energy light that's also invisible -
@NSF-@doescience Rubin Observatory is about to do something never done before: #CaptureTheCosmos with a 3200-megapixel image every 40 seconds, all night, every night, for 10 years. That's 20 terabytes a night and 60 petabytes in raw images alone!
How do you handle that much data?💾
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What goes on in space when we're not paying attention? 🤨 The NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is going to find out! Here's what you need to know before Rubin starts to #CaptureTheCosmos:
1️⃣ This is the most ambitious time-lapse of the Universe ever 🌌
2️⃣ The entire southern night sky will be captured in extreme detail consistently for 10 years 🤯
3️⃣ The LSST Camera made by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for Rubin is the largest digital camera ever 📸