<![CDATA[LETHBRIDGE ASTRONOMY SOCIETY - Forum]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:49:01 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[New FOrum Feature]]>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:34:12 GMThttps://www.lethbridgeastronomysociety.ca/forum/new-forum-feature​Testing, Testing! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Completes Comprehensive System Tests With Flying Colors.  After ten years of construction, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is less than one year away from the start of its transformational movie of our changing night sky. In preparation for this monumental production, the observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera. This accomplishment sets the stage for the last step of Rubin construction: installation of the 3200-megapixel LSST Camera (LSSTCam) — the largest digital camera in the world.

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 https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-completes-comcam-tests

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