#rubinobservatory — Public Fediverse posts

🚀 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

Rubin Observatory starts filming 10-year ‘cosmic movie’
The science team behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially launched a decade-long survey of the southern sky — an ambitious project three decades in the making.

The start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, follows years of planning and construction of the billion-dollar
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/06/30/rubin-observatory-starts-filming-10-year-cosmic-movie/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #RubinObservatory #Space

📸 Rubin’s First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape
This wide-field view from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory spans over 4 degrees in Sagittarius. It captures the Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), two iconic regions of star formation in the Milky Way.
📅 June 25, 2025
📷 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space
#APOD #RubinObservatory #Sagittarius #Nebulae #LagoonNebula #TrifidNebula #MilkyWay #WideField #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #CosmicClouds