Rubin Observatory LSST Camera
The Rubin Observatory LSST Camera is the largest digital camera ever constructed. At about 5.5 ft (1.65 m) by 9.8 ft (3 m), it's roughly the size of a small car and weighs almost 6200 lbs (2800 kg). It is a large-aperture, wide-field optical imager capable of viewing light from the near ultraviolet to near infrared (0.3-1 μm) wavelengths. The LSST Camera is designed to provide a 3.5-degree field of view, with its 10 μm pixels capable of 0.2 arcsecond sampling for optimized pixel sensitivity vs pixel resolution.
Credit:NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/ T. Slovinský
About the Image
Id: | 6V8A0559-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | June 24, 2022, 11:55 a.m. |
Size: | 5368 x 3579 px |
About the Object
Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
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