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🚀 Wow, the Rubin Observatory finally released its LSST Camera and captured a whopping 500,000 galaxies! 🌀 Because, you know, counting galaxies is way more thrilling than watching paint dry. Who knew staring at a cosmic field could be the next big thing in entertainment? 📸✨
https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-new-window-cosmos-field #RubinObservatory #LSSTCamera #GalaxyCount #CosmicExploration #SpaceEntertainment #AstronomyFun #HackerNews #ngated

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Milky Way Glows Over Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2616a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #MilkyWay #airglow

NOIRLab image of the week

Rubin’s Eyes Wide Open

Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2613a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #MilkyWay

Rubin Observatory and the Galaxies

Starting in late 2025, when it begins the decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin will capture skies like these in more detail than ever before.

Credit: @VRubinObs / P.J. Assuncao Lago

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/MWpanov3-CC/

#Rubin #RubinObservatory #LSST #galaxies #MilkyWay #Galaxy #LMC #SMC #NOIRLab #astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nighphotography

NOIRLab image of the week

Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky

Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2542a/

#Rubin #RubinObservatory #MilkyWay #Astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography #NOIRLab #IOTW #Photography #nightsky #nightskyphotography

NOIRLab image of the week

In this long-exposure image, the Simonyi Survey Telescope, equipped with the LSST Camera, created a mesmerizing neon glow as it spun around scanning the sky.

Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NSF/DOE/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2540a/

#Rubin #RubinObservatory #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Photography

NOIRLab image of the week

As the Sun sets, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory gears up for its First Look Observations in May 2025. Staff watch in awe from the Auxiliary Telescope platform as the dome opens.

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2538a/

#RubinObservatory #Rubin #sunset #photography #astronomy #astrodon #NOIRLab

Hallo @astromichi.bsky.social, das Bilderfeuerwerk der #Science kann beginnen: 3200 Megapixeln auf, das entspricht 3.200.000.000 Bildpunkten. Jetzt haben wir nicht nur #Hubble, #JamesWebb und #Euklid, sondern auch das Vera C. #Rubin-Observatory! #Science #Astronomy 😊 www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory in C...