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  • Artist's illustration of Rubin Observatory with its dome open beneath a night sky artistically filled with galaxies. The galaxies in the sky are various shapes and sizes, and all have white or yellow hues. A particularly bright star shines with cross-shaped diffraction spikes in the top center. The observatory sits on a brown rocky landscape in the bottom left. The giant main mirror inside the open dome points above us, and a particularly bright source causes the mirror to glint with a cross-shaped pattern.
    Rubin at night
  • The luminous Milky Way and hundreds of stars stretch across the sky behind the silhouette of Rubin Observatory.
    Milky Way above Rubin Observatory
  • close up of the observatory building, bright white against a deep blue daytime sky
    Rubin Observatory
  • the observatory is built into two levels at the summit, with the service building extending to the level below the dome.
    Drone View of Rubin Observatory
  • Rubin Observatory is shaped like a boot. The dome forms the "ankle", while the long service building extends outwards to an angled "toe".
    Drone View of Rubin Observatory
  • view inside the service facility showing the mirror mock up and the commissioning camera amidst many other pieces of equipment and storage containers
    Integration and maintenance area
  • The silver cylindrical mirror coating chamber
    Coating Chamber
  • The Milky Way's brightness rivals lights emanating from the observatory buildings and horizon skyglow.
    Rubin Under the Milky Way
  • a row of three large monitors with colorful displays are above a row of smaller desktop monitors in a darkened room
    Control Room
  • pink clouds drift above a golden horizon beyond the observatory
    Rubin Observatory at Twilight
  • The mount is in a vertical stow position and surrounded by construction and safety equipment and storage containers.
    Telescope Mount in Dome
  • Daytime image of the observatory building taken from the near base of the service building. The initial outer layers of the dome are in place.
    Rubin Observatory in March 2021
  • close up view of Rubin Observatory shows the dome atop one end of the elongated service building.
    Rubin Observatory
  • side view of the base of the telescope mount assembly inside the dome
    Telescope Mount
  • 3 large cranes are being used to work on the dome
    Rubin from Above
  • Side view of the Observatory dome and service building. A large crane is being used to work on the dome.
    Rubin Observatory Under Construction
  • A construction crane is in position to apply the external cladding to the observatory dome.
    Enclosing the Dome
  • Drone view looks down through the open shutters of the observatory dome. The dome exterior is only partially completed.
    Drone View of the Open Dome
  • The cylindrical mirror coating chamber is to the left of the mock up M1M3 mirror
    Maintenance floor
  • The teal dome structure of the observatory and the smaller silver dome of the AuxTel jut into a darkening blue sky, as sunset reddens the rocks of the mountain.
    Rubin Observatory Under Starry Skies
  • A golden cloudy sky dominates the scene behind the dark dome support beams of Rubin Observatory.
    Rubin Observatory Above the Clouds
  • The service building is attached to an open portion of the telescope building. A ring-shaped pier for the telescope mount is atop the open structure.
    NE view from Cerro Pachón
  • Overhead view of the Auxtel dome and a smaller nearby instrument in a small dome on a tripod.
    Drone view
  • View of the LSST facility from the auxiliary telescope summit, showing a close up of the 30 meter DIMM tower and dome enclosure.
    DIMM Tower
  • A golden sun sets in a clear sky beyond the observatory summit.
    Rubin Observatory at Sunset
  • The massive beams of the large lift structure dominates the view from inside the observatory
    Lift Under Construction
  • The sun sets on the horizon just beyond the edge of the service building. Pink rows of clouds scatter across the sky.
    Rubin Observatory at Twilight
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