Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Overview

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), imaging the entire southern sky every few nights.

Observing bands

Surveys

Knowledge connections

• Named afterVera Rubin
• StudiesThe Milky Way
• Operated byNSF NOIRLab
• ObservesVisible light
• Conducts surveyLegacy Survey of Space and Time
• MeasuresStructure Formation
• MeasuresLarge-Scale Structure
• Associated withRubin Alert Stream
• Associated withNEO Discovery
• Associated withCCD
• Associated withReal-Time Alert Classification
• Associated withAstronomy Education
• Associated withCounterpart Search
• Associated withScience Platforms

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory

  Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.