Fisheye view of the Rubin Auxiliary Telescope (top) at night. This 1.2 metre diameter optical telescope will form part of the Vera C Rubin Observatory (upper left) which is (as of 2022) under construction and due to be completed in 2024. When completed, the observatory will house the 8.4 metre primary mirror of the Simonyi Survey Telescope. The observatory, formerly known as the LSST, was named in honour of Vera C Rubin (1928 - 2016), an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / PETR HORALEK / AURA / NSF / NOIRLab / Rubin Observatory |
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