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The Rubin Observatory at Cerro Pachón in Chile during sunset. | Credit: Rubinobs/Noirlab/Slac/NSF/Do/Aura/p. Horálek
A new window in the universe is about to open. On Monday (June 23), the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – a joint project between the US National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy – will release its very first images in a live broadcast.
The live stream starts at 11 am Edt (1500 GMT) and will be Simulcast on Space.com and on the official channels of the Rubin Observatory. Viewers get a first look at the beautiful images made by the 3,200 megapixel camera of the Observatory-De Largest Digital Camera Ever built.
Here is everything you need to know to coordinate.
What is the Rubin Observatory?
The Rubin Observatory is high in the Chilean Andes, on top of the Mountain Cerro Pachón and is a telescope of the next generation built to investigate the entire southern sky. The primary mission, the Legacy Survey and Time (LSST), will see the observatory photographing the air for 10 years and producing an unprecedented amount of data in the form of solid, heaven-wide time laps.
The solid 27.6 foot (8.4-meter) mirror and ultra-wide field of the telescope make it unique to explore the dynamic universe, following everything from asteroids to supernova explosions to the movement of the most distant galaxies.
There is great hope that the data from the Rubin Observatory Scientists will help unravel the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. That is why it is named after the American astronomer Vera Rubin, the real queen of Dark Matter who provided the first convincing proof of the existence of the material.
How to look
The live stream -“First glance: Images of the Rubin Observatory LSST -camera” will take place Monday, June 23 at 11 am Edt (1500 GMT). It will be broadcast in both English and Spanish.
Where to look
– here on Space.com
– The event page of the Rubin Observatory and the YouTube channel
– Local “first look” Watch parties around the world (find one in your area here)
Why it matters
The first light of a telescope is always an important moment – remember the collective joy of the Space Community during the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope?
For the Rubin Observatory, these first images are an important milestone in its commissioning process. Although the observatory does not expect that it will officially start the full science activities for the LSST mission until later this year, this unveiling gives us a first look at how powerful the telescope is – and makes us enthusiastic about all discoveries!
So join this historical debut on Monday morning. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready to open his eyes and show us the universe in a new light.
