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  • A view looking up from below the white donut-shaped structure of Rubin's secondary mirror stand-in "surrogate" mass, which is suspended from a crane hook near the dome ceiling. A large black circular steel structure beneath the white donut structure extends out of view to both sides. The many teal steel beams supporting the observatory dome criss-cross in the background.
    Secondary Mirror Surrogate Removal
  • Timelapse video of several Rubin Observatory summit team members in orange safety vest and hard hats removing the commissioning camera from the telescope. The meters-long camera is mounted at the top of the huge telescope structure, so to remove it, the whole system is tilted 90 degrees to the side. A large crane attaches to and supports the long, black, cylindrical camera as it's removed from the steel supports and placed on the floor.
    ComCam Removal
  • A couple hundred people wearing bright green shirts look up to the camera on a balcony above them as a group for a photo. In a row on the bottom are 11 photos of virtual participants in Rubin's 2023 workshop
    Rubin 2023 Group Photo
  • An illustration of the solar system showing the paths of the two confirmed interstellar objects. The solar system spans most of the image and has two distinct regions. The outer Kuiper Belt region is a large, fuzzy donut of thousands of icy asteroids and comets spanning half of the total radius of the full solar system illustration. The inner region contains the orbits of the eight planets, drawn as white concentric circles viewed from a slightly elevated angle so they appear as ovals. The path of the first interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, is a red V-shape that opens to the top right, with its closest point to the Sun inside Mercury’s orbit. The path of the second interstellar object, Borisov, is a teal U-shape that opens to the top right, wider than 'Oumuamua's V, with its closest point to the Sun outside Mars’s orbit.
    Confirmed Interstellar Object Paths
  • An animated illustration of the solar system showing the paths of the two confirmed interstellar objects. The solar system spans most of the image and has two distinct regions. The outer Kuiper Belt region is a large, fuzzy donut of thousands of icy asteroids and comets spanning half of the total radius of the full solar system illustration. The inner region contains the orbits of the eight planets, drawn as white concentric circles viewed from a slightly elevated angle so they appear as ovals. The path of the first interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, is a red V-shape that opens to the top right, with its closest point to the Sun inside Mercury’s orbit. The path of the second interstellar object, Borisov, is a teal U-shape that opens to the top right, wider than 'Oumuamua's V, with its closest point to the Sun outside Mars’s orbit. After a few seconds, the view rotates counterclockwise to demonstrate the Solar System's 3D nature. At 15 seconds, the view rotates back clockwise. At 27 seconds, the view tilts away from us and zooms out.
    Confirmed Interstellar Object Paths Video
  • Rubin Observatory on the left and its neighboring Auxiliary Telescope to the right sit under a crisp blue sky in a brown desert landscape dotted with remnant snow. A dirt road extends from the foreground toward the small dome of the Auxiliary Telescope atop a small hill.
    Winter 2023
  • An artist’s impression of a small, rocky interstellar object hurtling from the upper right toward the inner Solar System. The orbits of the four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are fully visible, drawn as teal concentric circles around the bright ball of the Sun at the center. We see the orbits from a slightly elevated angle, so that the circular paths appear oval. The black background is sprinkled with points of starlight. The interstellar object looks like an elongated potato above the Sun, streaming toward the Sun from the upper right, with a short tail of gas and dust trailing behind.
    Interstellar object rapidly approaching our Solar System
  • Stars appear to rain down upon Rubin Observatory and the surrounding Chilean landscape in this night sky timelapse above Cerro Pachón. The long service building and tall silver dome of the observatory feature prominently on the right, and the distant city lights of La Serena shine in the lower left just behind a desert mountain ridge.
    Evening on Cerro Pachón
  • Rubin Observatory atop its rocky summit under a sky of star trails. The observatory building resembles a foot and ankle shape, with a white main building and silver dome sticking up. The night sky is filled with curved streaks. The streaks are stars that have moved across the sky while the camera shutter was open. The focal point of the curved star trails is out of view to the upper left.
    Star Trails over Rubin
  • Rubin's massive telescope support structure dominates the scene beneath the open observatory dome slit showing blue sky above. The support structure is made of teal steel, and is viewed from the side. The bottom third of the support structure is the primary mirror cell, a large teal steel block with a black circular disk on top. Above the mirror cell, the middle third of the support structure is a thick teal steel ring, which primarily supports the top third. The top third is made of angled steel beams that support two hollow, thin teal steel rings at the top. The rings will hold the secondary mirror and giant digital camera. Surrounding the telescope support structure are the criss-crossing steel beams of the dome's interior.
    Rubin Telescope Mount
  • Rubin's massive telescope support structure dominates the scene beneath the open observatory dome slit showing blue sky above. The support structure is made of teal steel, and is viewed from the side. The bottom third of the support structure is the primary mirror cell, a large teal steel block with a black circular disk on top. Above the mirror cell, the middle third of the support structure is a thick teal steel ring, which primarily supports the top third. The top third is made of angled steel beams that support two hollow, thin teal steel rings at the top. The rings will hold the secondary mirror and giant digital camera. Surrounding the telescope support structure are the criss-crossing steel beams of the dome's interior.
    Rubin Telescope Mount
  • The Milky Way stretches vertically over the Chilean desert mountains. The Milky Way dominates the center of this image as a vertical feature of denser stars with dark dust clouds and tendrils woven throughout. The night sky itself has a grayish brown hue with tiny points of starlight sprinkled throughout. An effect called airglow, caused by sunlight interacting with the upper atmosphere, causes the sky to take on a greenish hue closer to the horizon. At the bottom of the image, a closer mountain ridge has a strong brown color, while the distant distant appear slightly bluer due to the atmosphere between.
    Milky Way over Pachón
  • Rubin's massive telescope support structure dominates the scene beneath the open observatory dome slit showing blue sky above. The support structure is made of teal steel. The bottom third of the support structure is the primary mirror cell, a large teal steel block with a black circular disk on top. Above the mirror cell, the middle third of the support structure is a thick teal steel ring, which primarily supports the top third. The top third is made of angled steel beams that support two hollow, thin teal steel rings at the top. The rings will hold the secondary mirror and giant digital camera. Surrounding the telescope support structure are the criss-crossing steel beams of the dome's interior.
    Rubin Telescope Mount
  • The Milky Way and night sky above Rubin Observatory's Auxiliary Telescope. The auxiliary telescope is at the lower left, and the night sky is sprinkled with stars. The denser area of the Milky Way extends upward on the right, bulging wider toward the top. Dark tendrils of dust clouds weave through the bulge.
    Milky Way over Auxiliary Telescope
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a dark late-twilight sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image, and fades from dark blue on the right to purple on the left, with a hint of yellow on the left horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, with a single large point, the planet Venus, to the upper left of the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, darkened so that details are hard to pick out. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a darkening, late-twilight sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image, and fades from dark blue on the right toward purple on the left, with a hint of yellow on the left horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, with a single large point, the planet Venus, directly over the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, and is dark enough that some details are hard to pick out. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory
  • Rubin Observatory under a blue and pink sunset sky. Venus appears as a bright point directly overhead. The bottom third of the image is a rocky landscape. The observatory building sits atop the landscape and has a white base and silver angular dome. To the right is a white crane. Just above the landscape and behind the observatory building are some gray clouds near the horizon.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a dark late-twilight sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image and is a uniform dark blue, with a hint of orange on the left horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, with a single large point, the planet Venus, just to left above the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, darkened so that details are hard to pick out. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a pink sunset sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image and fades from dark blue, to pink, and finally to yellow on the left horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, with a single large point, the planet Venus, directly above the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, orange-hued but darkened so that details are hard to pick out. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a late sunset sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image, and fades from dark blue on the right to purple on the left, with yellow along the horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, with a single large point, the planet Venus, directly above the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image, darkened so that details are hard to pick out. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • A white observatory building with shiny silver dome sits on a rocky site under a pink sunset sky. A second small dome sits on a neighboring hill. The sky fills the top half of the image and fades from blue in the top right to a vivid orange on the left horizon. Tiny pinpricks of stars are scattered in the sky, and wispy clouds fan from the left horizon. A single large point, the planet Venus, shines brightly through the clouds to the upper left of the observatory. The brown, rocky desert landscape fills the bottom half of the image. A collection of shipping containers are lined up side by side in the lower right.
    Rubin Observatory and Venus at sunset
  • Rubin Observatory under a starry night sky. The observatory sits on top of its rocky summit site toward the bottom, and is made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. Red nighttime lights glow from inside the observatory entry at the bottom left. Five tan colored pickups trucks and SUVs are parked in the dirt lot in front of the observatory building.
    Rubin Under the Stars
  • Rubin Observatory under a starry night sky. The observatory sits on top of its rocky summit site toward the bottom, and is made of a long white building that extends to the left and a silver angular dome sticking up. A silhouetted crane is parked to the right. The Milky Way is visible as a denser region of blue stars extending from the center of the image to the upper left. The city lights of La Serena are seen in the lower left in the distance.
    Rubin Under the Stars
  • Rubin's massive telescope support structure dominates the scene beneath the open observatory dome slit showing blue sky above. The support structure is made of teal steel, and is viewed from the side. The bottom third of the support structure is the primary mirror cell, a large teal steel block with a black circular disk on top. Above the mirror cell, the middle third of the support structure is a thick teal steel ring, which primarily supports the top third. The top third is made of angled steel beams that support two hollow, thin teal steel rings at the top. The rings will hold the secondary mirror and giant digital camera. Surrounding the telescope support structure are the criss-crossing steel beams of the dome's interior.
    Telescope Mount
  • The Rubin Observatory telescope mount viewed from below and to the side. The telescope mount is a cylindrical, teal steel support structure. The base of the cylinder has a much thicker steel support, to be able to support heavy equipment that will be bolted onto it from below. Below the telescope mount, the huge teal steel cell that will support the 8.4-meter primary mirror is in the process of being installed.
    M1M3 cell and surrogate installation
  • The Rubin Observatory telescope mount inside the closed observatory dome. The telescope mount is an open framed, cylindrical, teal steel support structure. The base of the cylinder has a much thicker steel support ring, to be able to support heavy equipment that will be bolted onto it from below. Below the telescope mount, the huge teal steel cell that will support the 8.4-meter primary mirror is in the process of being installed. Yellow safety railings separate the zone around the telescope mount from the surrounding dome floor area.
    M1M3 cell and surrogate installation
  • The Rubin Observatory primary mirror cell is suspended beneath the telescope mount, in the process of being installed. A person in an orange construction vest and white hard hat stands slightly to the right, facing the mirror cell. The cell itself is as tall as the person, and four times as wide as the person is tall. On top of the cell is a thick black disk that replicates the dimensions and mass of the 8.4-meter primary mirror. The black disk is just below a similarly sized opening in the telescope mount base, which is a large, thick teal steel structure that the heavy mirror will be bolted to.
    M1M3 cell and surrogate installation
  • Close up of Rubin Observatory's mirror cell structure sitting beneath the telescope mount, waiting to be installed. The mirror cell is a teal rectangular box with rounded bottom corners, sitting on top of a yellow cart. On top sits the primary mirror replica mass, which looks like a thick black disk. Two gray utility boxes are bolted to the front of the mirror cell structure. The opening to the telescope mount above is a black ring structure that extends out of view to both sides.
    Mirror Cell Installation
  • The Rubin mirror cell surrogate mass on the platform lift. The surrogate mass is a criss-crossing structure of yellow steel. The mass is about as tall as a person, but several times larger in the other two dimensions. The observatory platform lift is a huge, open elevator used to transport large equipment, so the Chilean desert is visible on the other side. The lift is at its highest level, meaning that the portion of the building roof above it has been raised as well
    Mass Surrogate Removal
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