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  2. Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Focal Plane Build

Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Focal Plane Build

A top down view looking at the incomplete LSST Camera focal plane. At the center is a tiled metal frame that looks like a 4 by 4 checkerboard, with empty squares. The lines making up the checkered pattern are a light copper color and run diagonally from upper left to lower right, and from lower left to upper right. The checkered pattern is inside a metal cylinder structure with various metal pipes around the outside. All of the metal is extremely clean and shiny.‌
The cryostat assembly was built at a different clean room within SLAC and then delivered to the integration team. Here, the cryostat assembly is unwrapped and inspected after transportation.
Credit: Andy Freeberg/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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