#spacecamera

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

8 months ago

3/10 TECHNICAL MARVEL: Rubin's 3.2-gigapixel camera is the largest ever built—car-sized, requiring 400 ultra-HD TVs to display one full image.

Each image captures 45 moons' worth of sky. JWST's field of view is less than one moon.
#SpaceCamera #Technology #JWST

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Kenneth Becker

@geophotographer.org

8 months ago

These are first deep-space images from the Vera Rubin Observatory The Vera Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released two test images prior to the live event that will be in 9 hours!

Alternate links
www.npr.org/2025/06/23/n...

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Live stream
www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am...

🧪🔭🌌
#VeraCRubin
#Observatory
#SpaceCamera
#CaptureTheCosmos

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Kenneth Becker

@geophotographer.org

8 months ago

First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook We’re nearly ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team on June 23, 2025 at 11am US EDT as they reveal the first incredible images from the world’s newest and most pow...

Here's the link to the live stream from the Vera C. Rubin observatory so you can host your own watch party if you want!

It begins at 15:00 UTC, June 23rd.
#VeraRubin
#telescope
#spacecamera
#cosmos
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www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am...

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Kenneth Becker

@geophotographer.org

8 months ago

This giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universe—and discover billions of fast-changing objects

Here is more info about the Vera C. Rubin observatory that will be releasing its first images on June 23rd
#VeraRubin
#telescope
#spacecamera
#cosmos
🧪🔭🌌

www.science.org/content/arti...