See the First Breathtaking Celestial Images From the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
An overview of the first batch of images of the deep space of the New Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile made its way to information sites and social media last week, followed by a live event.
“(The Rubin East Observatory) will build the greatest accelerated film of the Cosmos ever made,” said the observatory in an article.
The observatory bears the name of the American scientist largely credited for having found some of the first evidence of dark matter, the project was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science of the American Department of Energy.
Scientists and NSF and DOE officials participated in a press conference and questions and answers on the conclusions last week. You can look at the flow below.
Millions of galaxies, large images
Although the live flow was prey to some technical problems, it has always offered a context on the data captured at the Rubin Observatory and why.
“From today, our ability to understand dark matter, black energy and planetary defense will increase even faster than ever,” said Brian Stone, chief of staff of the NSF.
The observatory’s 3200 megapixel camera is used for a complete analysis that occurs every three to four days. Employed images that the Share Observatory are only a fraction of what is captured, in some cases, showing only 2% of the full view, which would require 400 HDTV to show.
An image can capture 10 million galaxies. Closer to Earth, astronomers have discovered 1 million asteroids in our solar system and expect to discover 5 million more in the coming years.
