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1 posted on 06/04/2025 11:53:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/04/2025 11:53:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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It takes up the entire sky, and yet it’s so far away you can’t really see it.


9 posted on 06/04/2025 12:48:37 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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Vera Rubin is the lady who discovered Dark Matter. She also raised 4 kids, all of which became scientists. The telescope named after her is an incredible achievement. The amount of data it will collect every night is measured in terabytes.


10 posted on 06/04/2025 3:52:41 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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Better then my camera.... Looks like a very big telephoto lens.
Many photos https://tinyurl.com/zneey7zm

Vera C. Rubin Observatory
3,200 megapixels! The camera heart of future Vera Rubin Observatory snaps record-breaking 1st photos
https://www.space.com/vera-rubin-observatory-record-breaking-first-photos.html
The photos are the largest single-shot pictures ever taken, SLAC officials said — so big that showing just one of them full-size would require 378 4K ultra-high-definition TVs. The resolution is so good that a golf ball would be visible from 15 miles (25 kilometers) away.

World’s largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a ‘time-lapse record of the universe’ (video)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/worlds-largest-digital-camera-to-help-new-vera-rubin-observatory-make-a-time-lapse-record-of-the-universe-photos


11 posted on 06/04/2025 7:33:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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