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May

LSST: Constructing a New Era in Astronomy

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March

CAID Industries Etches LSST logo

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January

LSST Promotional Video

A compilation of video and images updated annually.
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January

A Day in the life of LSST Construction 2

This ten-minute slideshow includes 170 images from a single day that show the breadth of work being done and the individuals responsible for construction of the LSST.
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November

Seattle Astronomy on Tap

See all 5 talks from October 2016! more
September

Precision machining of the M1M3 Cell Begins.

August

Public Lecture: Explosions in the Sky! Observing our Changeable Universe with LSST

Watch recording of talk.
August

LSST 2016 Project and Community Workshop

See some of the talks from the meeting! more
July

LSST Construction 3D Map

Interactive 3D model of the construction site.
April

A Day in the life of LSST Construction

This ten-minute slideshow includes 170 images from a single day that show the breadth of work being done and the individuals responsible for construction of the LSST.

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November

Public Astronomy Talks LSST 2015

Astronomy Talks Presentation Team - Dr. Lynne Jones, University of Washington; Dr. Beth Willman, LSST / University of Arizona; Dr. Knut Olsen, NOAO; Dr. Jim Bosch, Princeton University; Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz, Adler Planetarium
November

Astronomy SLAM LSST 2015

Collection of 12-minute stories by world renowned astronomers.
November

LSST2015 Soccer Highlights

September

The Telescopes Promising Insight into Universe's Origins

28Sept2015 This video was produced by BBC and features LSST and other projects.
September

Observing the sky: LSST simulation

This is an animation of a potential LSST observing strategy, from simulated survey 'enigma_1189'. more
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September

Flight Cerro Tololo - Cerro Pachon - LSST

LSST looks great from the air. Nice flyby video from David Walker. more
September

Chile: a worldwide hub for astronomy

The installed astronomical infrastructure in Northern Chile accounts for 50% of the world's light collection capacity.
August

LSST2015 Group Photo Video

More than 220 project team members and scientists attended the LSST2015 Workshop in Bremerton, WA. This video was shot from a drone while attendees took a group photo. more
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February

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Will Bring a New View of the Universe

The National Science Foundation recently announced funds to build the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will look for evidence of dark matter and dark energy as well as comets, asteroids and other fast-moving objects. UC Davis physics professor...
February

Camera "Onion"

A slideshow video of the camera being taken apart piece by piece.
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February

AmLight LSST Video

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September

HD Video Collage

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September

Cerro Pachón Flyover

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is under construction on Cerro Pachón, an 8,800-foot (2,682-meter) mountain peak in north-central Chilé (30°14′40.7″S 70°44′57.9″W). This video shows how the site looked in March of 2012.
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May

Calypso Relocation Video

The Calypso telescope was relocated from Kitt Peak to NOAO headquarters in Tucson, AZ, in May of 2014.
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March

Andy Connolly's TED Talk

Big Data is everywhere — even the skies. In an informative talk, astronomer Andrew Connolly shows how large amounts of data... See original posting
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January

Entering the Era of Petascale Optical Astronomy

Streamed live on Jan 14, 2014 Speaker: Mario Juric, LSST Group
May

2013 Support of LSST in the House of Representatives

Congressman Jerry McNerney from California's 9th District voices support of LSST on the House floor.
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December

Explosions In The Sky: The New Era of Time-Domain Astronomy

Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer and multimedia artist, offers her perspective on cosmic events and the democratic implications of the upcoming LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope).
March

First Blast on El Penón

First Blast was a spectacular event as documented in these images. The white line in the upper image shows how much material must ultimately be removed to provide the platform for LSST.
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November

High Definition Movie

High Definition fly around animation of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) on it's site on Cerro Pachòn in Chile.
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November

Image Simulation

The movie shows photons from a faint star that refract through turbulence in the atmosphere, bounce of the LSST mirrors, pass through the camera lenses, and convert into photoelectrons in the silicon pixels of the LSST camera.
July

LSST 2008 Blue Animation

You're watching the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST, an 8.4-meter telescope that will be operational from a mountaintop in Chile. The LSST will map the sky every three nights with its three-billion pixel digital camera.
July

LSST Lid Lift

The oven lid is about to be opened for the first time in three months. This will reveal the primary and tertiary mirrors of the LSST.
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March

LSST Mirror Glass Melt

You're watching hot glass melt inside the rotating oven of the University of Arizona's Mirror Lab.
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March

LSST High Fire from UC Davis News Watch

UC Davis News Watch. A video produced by UC Davis about the LSST High Fire (when the glass is hot enough to melt).
January

LSST Update 2008 Arizona Illustrated (KUAT)

Arizona Illustrated segment from January 2008 describing LSST Project. Produced by KUAT at The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
January

Lens Simulations

100-frame short segments of MPEG movies depict our view, over the next half billion years, of a cluster of galaxies and the effects of its dark matter.
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October

Telescope Animation

Animation depicting the LSST with optical and structural designs.
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January

Google Joins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project

Google becomes an Institutional Member of LSST, as described in this KUAT Arizona Illustrated story.
May

Site Panorama

May 2006 Panorama showing Cerro Pachón, future site of the LSST Telescope
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Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. 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 (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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