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  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • LSST camera and SLAC camera team
  • LSST camera and SLAC camera team
  • LSST camera at SLAC
  • LSST camera at SLAC
  • LSST camera and SLAC camera team
  • LSST camera at SLAC
  • Visitors and activities at the Rubin Observatory booth at AAS243
  • Visitors and activities at the Rubin Observatory booth at AAS243
  • Visitors and activities at the Rubin Observatory booth at AAS243
  • Rubin Observatory Booth at AAS243
  • Visitors and activities at the Rubin Observatory booth at AAS243
  • Rubin Observatory booth at AAS
  • 2023 Holiday Card
  • 2023 Holiday Card
  • Rubin Observatory features prominently in the center of this drone video atop its Chilean desert summit on Cerro Pachón. The sky is clear blue, and the setting sun initially glows from the right, shifting left as the drone flies clockwise around the observatory. A large crane sits next to the observatory with its arm extended, looking small compared to the observatory building. The desert mountains recede into the distance, interspersed with hazy atmosphere.
    Drone video of Rubin in December 2023
  • Rubin Observatory glows golden orange at sunset. The boot-shaped observatory, with its long low service building and angular silver dome, is oriented to the right and sits among construction equipment and shipping containers. The reflective dome shines brightly with orange sunlight. The summit ridge extends back on the right side of the image, with a couple other telescope domes visible. The Chilean desert mountains continue into the background beneath a blue sky.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • Rubin Observatory glows golden orange at sunset. The boot-shaped observatory, with its long low service building and angular silver dome, is oriented to the right and slightly away from us, and sits among construction equipment and shipping containers. The reflective dome shines brightly with orange sunlight. The summit ridge extends back and to the left, with a couple other telescope domes visible. The Chilean desert mountains continue into the background beneath a blue sky.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • A sunset drone shot of Rubin Observatory from behind, atop its desert mountain site on Cerro Pachón. A white crane with arm extended sits in front of the observatory. The smaller dome of the nearby Auxiliary Telescope is visible to the left, with a dirt road between it and the main observatory. The Chilean desert mountain ridges recede into the distance under a blue sky. The peaks on the left are higher in elevation than those on the right.
    Rubin December 2023
  • Rubin Observatory stands prominently in the center of this image atop its Chilean desert summit on Cerro Pachón. The sky is clear blue, and the setting sun glows from the left, illuminating the left side of the observatory. A large crane sits to the right of the observatory with its arm extended, looking small compared to the observatory building. The foreground summit area is shadowed, and the desert mountains recede into the distance, interspersed with hazy atmosphere. The telescopes of the neighboring Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory are visible as tiny bumps on a distant summit to the right.
    Rubin Sunset December 2023
  • A small round telescope dome sits on a flattened desert summit area under a clear blue sky. The view is from a higher summit, looking down on the telescope. The brown Chilean desert mountain ridges recede into the background like crinkled paper. A nearby, larger telescope dome peeks over a nearby ridge to the right.
    AuxTel December 2023
  • A smattering of hundreds of galaxies of different shapes and sizes against a black background, Semi-opaque teal blobs surround and connect many of the galaxies, tracing the distribution of the countless wandering stars that make up the intracluster light. The ghostly teal glow is primarily concentrated in an irregular shape around the galaxies in the center of the image, but some larger individual galaxies off to the sides have their own separate glows.
    Enhanced image of Intracluster light in the Abell 85 galaxy cluster
  • AMCR Group Photo
  • Rubin Observatory's Telescope Mount Assembly, November 2023
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