About Rubin Observatory | Rubin Observatory The goal of the Vera C Rubin Observatory project is to conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) LSST will deliver a 500 petabyte set of images and data products that will address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe and the objects in it
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Science Goals Rubin Observatory's gargantuan and exquisitely accurate collection of data will enable us to answer some fundamental questions regarding our home galaxy, the Milky Way Rubin Observatory will survey at least half of the sky and will make hundreds of observations of each surveyed area of sky
Monthly Updates - Rubin Observatory Why are we named after Vera Rubin? Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Science Goals ; Observatory Site Selection ; Rubin Voices ; Rubin Numbers ; Rubin Technology
Rubin Observatory News | Rubin Observatory Scientific American published an article about Rubin titled, “Blockbuster New Vera Rubin Observatory Will Change Astronomy Forever” on June 12 Read the article on Scientific American’s website OPERATIONS UPDATES Rubin Data Preview 1 (DP1) will be released on June 30th, 2025, one week after the Rubin First Look event
Education Public Outreach - Rubin Observatory Rubin Observatory will open up a whole new era of astronomical discovery for scientists, and Rubin Observatory's Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program will provide opportunities for a broader audience to interact with and explore Rubin Observatory data
Vera C. Rubin Observatory – Impact of Satellite Constellations Starting in 2025, Rubin Observatory will capture about 1,000 images of the sky, every night, for ten years Each image will cover a 9 6 square degree field of view, or about 40 times the area of the full Moon
First national US observatory to be named after a woman! It was announced today that the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will conduct a vast astronomical survey for unprecedented discovery of the deep and dynamic Universe, will now be named the NSF (National Science Foundation) Vera C Rubin Observatory (Rubin Observatory)
Vera Rubin Observatory: Astronomy’s New Workhorse The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ( SLAC )
Rubin Observatory Premieres its New Logo Vera C Rubin Observatory is pleased to announce the release of its official logo following the organization’s renaming in December 2019 Formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Rubin Observatory was renamed, by an Act of Congress, to honor American astronomer Vera C