Rubin StarTracker Camera
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory StarTracker cameras are two small cameras mounted on the outside of the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA). The observing team takes images of the sky with these cameras and uses astrometry software to determine where in the sky the telescope is pointing.
Credit:RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/C. Lage
About the Image
Id: | rubin-StarTracker-Cameras-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | March 20, 2025, 11:28 a.m. |
Size: | 3024 x 2525 px |
About the Object
Name: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |
Category: | Vera C. Rubin Observatory |