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  • Rubin Observatory's commissioning camera is a black cylinder sticking perpendicularly out from the 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 Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The 8-meter Rubin telescope structure is tipped on its side so it look like a metal ring standing vertically. The car-sized commissioning camera is being lifted and installed into the center of the ring.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • A distant group selfie of four people in orange construction vests and hard hats, taken using Rubin Observatory's uncovered secondary mirror.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The 8-meter Rubin telescope structure is tipped on its side so it look like a metal ring standing vertically. The car-sized commissioning camera is being lifted and installed into the center of the ring.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The 8-meter Rubin telescope structure is tipped on its side so it look like a metal ring standing vertically. The car-sized commissioning camera is being lifted and installed into the center of the ring.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The 8-meter Rubin telescope structure is tipped on its side so it look like a metal ring standing vertically. The car-sized commissioning camera is being lifted and installed into the center of the ring.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The 8-meter Rubin telescope structure is tipped on its side so it look like a metal ring standing vertically. The car-sized commissioning camera is being lifted and installed into the center of the ring.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The car-sized cylindrical commissioning camera in the process of being lifted by a yellow crane. The telescope structure is visible to the left, ready for the camera's installation
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • Candid shot of four people in white protective suits, hard hats, and safety harnesses in front of the teal support beams on the observatory dome's interior.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • Three people in white protective suits, hard hats, and safety harnesses pose for a group photo in front of the teal support beams on the observatory dome's interior.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The square blue 3-by-3 CCD array that makes up Rubin's commissioning camera focal plan is visible face on inside the surrounding black structure and ring-shaped opening of the camera
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The square blue 3-by-3 CCD array that makes up Rubin's commissioning camera focal plan is visible face on inside the surrounding black structure and ring-shaped opening of the camera
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • A person in an orange construction vest and white hard hat tightens a bolt on a teal steel structure with a wrench
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • The car-sized, black and teal commissioning camera sits on a yellow transport cart on Rubin Observatory's heavy lift elevator platform. The elevator lift is open to the outside and the Chilean desert mountains are visible in the background beneath a blue sky.
    Rubin Commissioning Camera reinstalled, August 2024
  • 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
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