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    • The car-sized, black and teal commissioning camera sits on a yellow transport cart on Rubin Observatory's heavy lift elevator platform. The concrete walls of the elevator shaft surround the platform and extend up out of view.
      Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
    • Face on view of Rubin's reflective donut-shaped secondary mirror, surrounding by a black light blocking baffle
      Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
    • Face on view of Rubin's reflective donut-shaped secondary mirror, surrounding by a black light blocking baffle. Seven Rubin staff members pose beneath wearing safety gear.
      Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
    • Seven members of the Rubin Observatory team pose for a group photo beneath the newly revealed reflective secondary mirror. The secondary mirror itself is surrounded by a black light blocking baffle ring. Beyond the light baffle, the far wall of the observatory dome interior is visible as a white wall with many criss crossing teal beams.
      Rubin's secondary mirror uncovered for the first time after installation
    • Conceptual illustration of a multi-messenger astrophysical event. In the top left, two neutron stars are colliding in a bright blue burst of energy. The collision emits several different types of signals, which are being detected by different telescopes and facilities illustrated on Earth in the lower right. Gravitational waves are represented by bright and dark bands spiraling outward from the colliding neutron stars. Subatomic particles called neutrinos radiate from the collision as dashed lines, and light radiates as squiggly lines. A meandering, looping solid line that comes from somewhere else beyond the collision represents a cosmic ray, which expands into a fan-shaped spray at the Earth’s atmosphere.
      Artist’s Illustration of Multi-Messenger Event
    • Rubin Observatory on a snowy mountaintop under a patchy blue sky with wispy clouds. The observatory is boot-shaped, with long white service building extending left and angular silver dome sticking up on the right. A small shed is visible to the left and in front of the observatory. A brown dirt road curves around the right side of the shed toward the observatory.
      Snow Day at Rubin Observatory, August 2024
    • View looking up the last stretch of a snow-covered road and landscape toward Rubin Observatory. Rubin is a boot-shaped building on the left, with long white service building extending left and angular silver dome sticking up. A smaller silver dome peeks up over a higher ridge on the right.
      Snow Day at Rubin Observatory, August 2024
    • View up toward the Cerro Pachón mountain ridge with a plowed dirt road in the foreground. The distant mountain ridge spans most of the image in the distance, undulating with slight elevation variation. The ridge line is broken by three telescope domes sticking up like nubs - two toward the left and one on the right. The sky is white with wispy clouds.
      Snow Day at Rubin Observatory, August 2024
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • The secondary mirror of Rubin Observatory is lowered into final position on the telescope, as viewed from the other end of the telescope through the light-dispersing baffle for the primary mirror. The baffle forms a black circular border around the image. The secondary mirror supports form an X in the background with a teal ring in the center where the mirror will go. The mirror with its metal cover is just above the teal ring. Walkway platforms bisect the view from the left and right.
      Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
    • Summer Stars Workshop"Summer Stars" Workshop
    • Summer Stars Workshop"Summer Stars" Workshop
    • Summer Stars Workshop"Summer Stars" Workshop
    • Summer Stars Workshop"Summer Stars" Workshop
    • Summer Stars Workshop"Summer Stars" Workshop
    • 2024 Rubin Community Workshop group photo
    • Two staff in white onesie suits stand on a hexagonal platform with yellow railings, supervising the placement of the cover on Rubin's 3.5-meter secondary mirror. The cover is a silver steel disk with a large hole in the middle suspended from cables attached to a crane out of view.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • An engineer in protective gear works from the central hole in the secondary mirror. They are wearing a white onesie suit and protective gear, and holding an instrument. The secondary mirror is sitting on a thick support cell, which is surrounded by a hexagonal platform with yellow railings.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • View of the Rubin maintenance floor, full of many of the telescope components waiting to be installed. At front and to the right, the 3.5-meter secondary mirror lies flat on a hexagonal platform with yellow railings. Two engineers in white onesie suits and protective gear work at the mirror. At back, the 8.4-meter main mirror sits protected beneath the large silver coating chamber. To the left, the commissioning camera faces lengthwise away from the viewer, sitting on a yellow steel support.
      Preparing the secondary mirror for installation
    • Rubin Lithograph
    • LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
    • LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
    • LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the left. The observatory sits against a yellow and orange sky and spotty gray clouds, with rolling purpley mountain ridges fading into the background.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against purple gray cloudy sky, with sunlight shining from the left. Rolling mountain ridges ranging from brown nearby to greenish gray further away.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón against a sunset scene. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against the Chilean desert mountain landscape under a cloudy sky. The nearby mountains are brown, with sunlight illuminating them, while the farther mountains appear more blue.
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
    • Drone view of Rubin Observatory on top of its summit site on Cerro Pachón at sunset. The observatory building is an angular silver dome on top of a long building extending to the right. The observatory sits against purple blue mountains, and the dome glints pink in the setting sunlight
      Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
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