Vera Rubin Observatory

20258.4 m mirrorNSF/DOE

LocationChile

Year2025

Size8.4 m mirror

OperatorNSF/DOE

About Vera Rubin Observatory

Home of the largest digital camera ever built, a 3.2 gigapixel array. Sits on Cerro Pachon at 2,682 m. Will photograph the entire southern sky every few nights for a decade in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Expected to flag millions of asteroids, supernovae, and variable stars per year. Named for dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

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