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To: Red Badger

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

21 posted on 06/23/2025 2:23:12 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)

To: zeestephen

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

33 posted on 06/23/2025 3:29:47 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")

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