Rubin Observatory Star Tracker Installation
Installation of 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/C. Walter
About the Image
| Id: | rubin-Star-Tracker-4 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | Feb. 7, 2023, 9 a.m. |
| Size: | 1200 x 1600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Simonyi Survey Telescope |
| Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
