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Vera C. Rubin Observatory 22 June 2020
Vera C. Rubin Observatory 28 Aug. 2020
NOIRLab Eddington Project Team - Solar Eclipse 2019
Journey through the Universe 2020
NOIRLabʻs Gemini Observatory participates in annual Astronomy Day
Gemini's StarLab Portable Planetarium at AstroDay
Onizuka Day 2014
Aerial view of Kitt Peak National Observatory, 29 October 2012
KPNO 2.1-meter at sunset
M92, NGC 6341
LSST
LSST 2018 Calendar
LSST Operations: Sites & Data FLows
Astronomers Blown Away by Historic Stellar Blast
Dome Installation
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Installation of the Dome
Image Simulation
LSST and Calibration Telescope
Facility Exterior at Night
Facilities Building with Simulated Night Sky
Close-up of Telescope in the Dome
Up Close
Facility Cutaway
LSST Facility at Night 2011
Dome Opening
M1M3 and M2 Mirrors
Base Facility in La Serena
Facilities Building at Sunset
Group Photo
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Optical Elements
Telescope Design 2013
Telescope in Dome 2011
Dome and Telescope Design 2013
Telescope
Close-up of Telescope in Dome
Telescope Design 2012
Telescope in Dome 2009
Telescope Design 2013
Telescope Design 2012
Telescope Design 2012
Telescope Cutaway with Labels
Facility Render
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
Smashing Results About Our Nearby Galactic Neighbors
Inner portion of image IC4663
NGC 3582 - The Heart of a Stellar Nursery
Image of the late-type spiral NGC 4244
GNIRS being hoisted at Gemini South
Artist's conceptualization of a white and brown dwarfs
Mosaic images of the core of M33
The Growing Solar System Family
Gemini Observatory Shows That "10th Planet" Has a Pluto-Like Surface
Spiral Galaxy M51, with the supernova circled
Background Information: Laser Guide Stars
Background Information: Laser Guide Stars
KPNO images of LALA J142442.24+353400.2
Rubin Observatory Auxiliary Telescope
The sky about an hour after sunset as seen from Tucson on 10 January. Hilo will have a similar view. From La Serena, Venus and Saturn will angle down and to the left, with Jupiter above the Moon in the north, and Mars low in the northeast.
Rubin Camera Filter Team
The Submillimeter Array
Rubin IAU booth
SPIE 2024
Rubin M1M3 installation
Rubin ComCam Install
Construction in La Sarena
Rubin Summer Stars Workshop
Kitt Peak National Observatory
2024 NOIRLab AURA Awards
A Starry Night
Students observing through a solar telescope during Viaje al Universo 2023
Daytime FullDome View of the Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
DESI Petal Installation
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NOIRLab HQ North-East Entrance
Lucas Macri
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GHOST Assembly
Visit All of NOIRLab, Virtually!
NEID Solar Telescope
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NOIRLab HQ Roof 360 Panorama
Rubin Observatory Work Surveying
UArizona Bok 2.3-meter Telescope
AURA Recinto Front
Satellites and light pollution over Craters of the Moon
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Contreras Fire at KPNO
Measuring petroglyphs at Cerro Pachón
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Panorama
Gemini North 360 Outside
GHOST Optical Bench Moving
KPNO 16" Telescope, March 1956
Twilight at Gemini South
Chilean Solar Eclipse
The Milky Way over Gemini South
Comet NEOWISE from Kitt Peak
Blanco and the SMARTS 1.5-Meter
Star Trails Over Gemini South
Gemini South's Laser Guide System
Milky Way over the WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope Construction
WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope from the Northeast
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Night
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
A Foggy Sunrise in Hawai'i
Moonrise from Gemini North
UArizona 1.8-meter Spacewatch Telescope and University of Arizona SuperLotis Telescope
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Naming Ceremony
Filming an eclipse with a cell phone
Rubin Filter Storage
Scientists find rare dwarf satellite galaxy candidates in Dark Energy Survey data
Rubin Construction
Chilean Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Andrés Couve
The Rubin Observatory r-band filter
The Rubin Observatory r-band filter
Rubin Observatory Dome
Rubin Observatory Dome
M2 Mirror Lab - Gemini North
Dark Energy Survey, Dark Energy Camera, DES, DECAM, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile
USNO Deep South Telescope Dome
SMARTS 1.0-meter Telescope
PROMPT-7 0.8-meter Telescope
Las Cumbres Observatory 1-meter Telescope Domes
KMTNet 1.6-meter Telescope
Vera C. Rubin Observatory 28 Aug. 2020
Star Trails Over Mauna Kea
Viaje al Universo Chile
KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope
Bill Livingston (left) and Charles Slaughter (right) in the control room at the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
Control room from inside the tunnel at the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
Rectangular grating with spectrum
CTIO Evening Panorama
KPNO Schmidt
M3, NGC 5272
Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359, IC 468
Dome and provisional crane
M1M3 Transported to the Summit
House-Sized Near Earth Objects Rarer Than We Thought
M2 Mirror Cell Assembly
NGC 6992: Veil Nebula Wide-field
GPI arriving at Gemini South
NICI on Gemini South telescope
NICI image of PZ Tel A and B
ground- and space-based HST/WIYN composite image of M82
Lights On
Rubin Observatory Team Members in the Nighttime Control Room
Observing in the Rubin Observatory Control Room
Rubin dome half open
Kitt Peak Evening Sky
Rubin Camera Work
Data Management Standards Review 1
SPIE 2024
Rubin M1M3 installation
Rubin ComCam Install
Rubin BBQ celebration
Rubin M2 Baffle Install
Rubin Summer Stars Workshop
Servicing the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope.
After the rain at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Rubin Observatory Summit Site
A tour of Kitt Peak
Rose Tseng at Gemini North Dedication Ceremony
Gemini North Dedication
Tohono O’odham Nation Visitors arriving to Kitt Peak National Observatory
Children making physics experiments at the Tohono O’odham Nation Open Night 2024
Journey Through the Universe 2024 Educators Workshop
Lenticular Clouds in Hilo
Journey Through the Universe 2023
Journey Through the Universe 2023
Journey Through the Universe 2023
Rubin Observatory Summit Control Room
NOIRLab HQ Rubin Remote Observing Room
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NOIRLab HQ Optical Test Tower
Rubin Model at NOIRLab HQ
NOIRLab HQ Front Desk
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Rubin Observatory VIP Tours
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DESI Installation
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Gemini North Cleaned Mirror
Gemini North Mirror Cleaning
Gemini North Plant/Utility Room
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AURA Recinto Building C Lunch Area
Machines at NOIRLab HQ
Rubin Observatory M1M3 Cell
Rubin Observatory Coating Chamber
Calypso 1.2-meter Telescope Building
Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory
Testing Gemini South Science Fold Mirror
SOAR Telescope Interior Fulldome
WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope Interior Fulldome
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Very Long Baseline Array Antenna Side
KPNO 2.1-meter Telescope at Dusk
NOIRLab HQ Library
NOIRLab HQ Scientific Interaction Room
AURA Recinto Side
NOIRLab HQ old NOAO/LSST/DKIST Sign
NOIRLab HQ East Entrance
NOIRLab HQ Seating Area
Staff at NOIRLab HQ Garden
McGraw-Hill 1.3-meter Telescope
KPNO DIMM
UArizona Bok 2.3-meter Telescope
CTIO 1.5-meter SMARTS Telescope
Joy Pollard
UArizona ARO 12-meter Telescope Panorama
UArizona Bok 2.3-meter Telescope Fulldome
GHOST Cassegrain unit
GHOST Cassegrain unit
Gemini North 360 Upright
New signs being installed at NOIRLab HQ in Tucson.
'Imiloa grounds
Gemini North Hilo Base Facility
Gemini North Hilo Base Facility Panorama
