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A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST with the telescope pointed towards zenith.
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LSST Project Office
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A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST with the telescope pointed at about 45 degrees of elevation.
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LSST Project Office
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September
A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST in a side view with the telescope pointed at about 45 degrees of elevation. The 8.4-meter LSST will use a special three-mirror design, creating an exceptionally wide field of view, and will have the ability to survey the entire sky in only three nights.
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May
A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST with the telescope pointed towards zenith.
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LSST Project Office
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May
A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST with the telescope pointed at an elevation of about 45 degrees.
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LSST Project Office
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March
A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design for the LSST as viewed from within the dome.
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A three dimensional rendering of the baseline design of the dome with a cutaway to show the telescope within.
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J. Andrew, NOAO/LSST Project Office
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Friday, December 5, 2014

As illustrated in the accompanying graphic, the different roles of the LSST Project Office (LSSTPO) and LSST Corporation (LSSTC) have been clarified to align with the responsibilities and limitations of our federal construction funding.  The Project Office has stepped out as a true construction project, responsible for Building the Future: the LSST observing facility. In contrast, the Corporation will focus its efforts on Preparing for Science, fundraising, and defining partnerships and plans for Operations. This distinction will become more clear in the coming months with the transfer of the M1M3 mirror from LSSTC to LSSTPO and emerging support from LSSTC for the science collaborations. The LSST Project Office will remain focused on the construction of the LSST facility as detailed in the baseline plan presented to the NSF and DOE federal funding agencies.

Learn more in the December issue of LSST-E-News:

 

 

Friday, November 21, 2014
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The LSST primary/tertiary mirror (M1M3) shipping container was successfully delivered to the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (SOML) Thursday morning. Escorted by four Tucson Police Department cars and two pilot vehicles, the 30 foot by 30 foot oversized load departed CAID Industries' facility near Tucson International Airport at 4 am. Offloading at SOML was completed by 5:30 am. Once final acceptance testing of M1M3 has been completed, the mirror will be placed in the 36 ton shipping container, which was custom-built for LSST by CAID, and stored locally in Tucson. After final integrated testing, the mirror will be shipped in the container to the Cerro Pachon summit facility in Chile. 

Saturday, November 1, 2014

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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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