Rubin Observatory Star Tracker
The StarTracker instrument on the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) of the 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope at Vera C. Rubin Observatory at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. The StarTracker will be used to verify pointing requirements for the TMA on the summit, and was developed specifically for this purpose.
Credit:RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
About the Image
Id: | rubin-Star-Tracker |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | Feb. 7, 2023, 8:54 a.m. |
Size: | 3000 x 4000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Simonyi Survey Telescope |
Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
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