LSST Camera has room for 40 full Moons
The LSST Camera’s focal plane has a surface area large enough to capture a portion of the sky about the size of 40 full Moons. Its resolution is so high that you could spot a golf ball from 24 km (15 miles) away.
Credit:Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/NSF/DOE/Rubin Observatory/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | ann20013e |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | Sept. 8, 2020, 6:59 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | ann20013 |
| Size: | 3726 x 2160 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
