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IFL Science ^ | June 23, 2025 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

[zeestephen]

Wiki has some great photos of the construction and completed telescope.

Also, some very helpful illustrations of the equpment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory

[dadfly]

beautiful! the more we see; the more we marvel. it’s all magnificent, Lord Jesus.

[GingisK]

The stars, like dust...

[jerod]

So what you're saying is... Van Gogh nailed it, even without a telescope.

[GingisK]

If we cant find any example of that, then it requires an act of God.

I'm going to assume that God would not Create that any homes without populating a whole lot of them.

[TexasGator]

https://youtu.be/oxHnRfhDmrk?feature=shared

[Z28.310]

Amen!
Watched a movie titled “TIME CHANGER” last week.
One line struck me so profoundly that I paused the movie to sleep on the thought.

“In the milkyway galaxy there are billions of stars and there are trillions of galaxys in the universe. In all this, God still knows my name”

Profound love right there.

[telescope115]

Beautiful! The Triffid was one of the first objects I observed with my first serious telescope, a 6” maksutov. The skies around here were a lot darker back then…

Looking forward to more jaw-dropping photos from the Vera Rubin Observatory!

[Magnum44]

I’m not assuming one way or the other what God would do. The scripture is all we have to assess that.

[dragnet2]

[GingisK]

The scripture is all we have to assess that.

And, that doesn't say one way or the other.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Yes, I could see it with my Questar (3.5” Mak).

[newfreep]

Wiki...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory in Chile.

The observatory is located on the El Peñón peak of Cerro Pachón, a 2,682-meter-high (8,799 ft) mountain in Coquimbo Region, in northern Chile

[Magnum44]

Genesis begins: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth…

Heavens plural, Earth singular.

[algore]

really cool

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory

[GingisK]

That clearly does not say that only the Earth is populated. It doesn’t even remotely deal with that notion.

[Nateman]

Life-size model of the Rubin Observatory focal plane array. The array's diameter is 64 cm, and will provide 3.2 gigapixels per image. The image of the Moon (30 arcminutes) is present to show the scale of the field of view. The model is held by Suzanne Jacoby, the Rubin Observatory communications director.

[Nateman]

Find any example of life springing from lifelessness..

Depends on how 'life' is defined. If you define it as 'self replicating information' then a computer virus fits. A new form of life that is the accidental product of computer nerds just trying to make trouble.

[rktman]

Microscope looking at covid germs or something.

[telescope115]

Mine was a Quantum 6. The optics (at least mine) were not quite as good as a Questar’s, but I had a lot of fun with it. My Stellarvue 115 f/7 has much better optics.