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Get ready for a new era in astronomy and astrophysics with Rubin Observatory! #astronomy #engineering #Astrodon #discovery

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It all hangs in the balance ⚖️

Despite being 200+ tons, the telescope at Rubin’s summit facility moves nimbly thanks to precise balancing. This video shows recent tests confirming the telescope's balance, which is needed to move on to other tests!

🔗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjiFaF4FSYk&pp=ygURcnViaW4gb2JzZXJ2YXRvcnk%3D

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What if we told you that the space between galaxies in a cluster isn't empty?...😱

It's filled with stars! This ghostly glow is called intracluster light, and it's been hard to study because it's incredibly faint.

Until Rubin, that is ➡️ rubinobservatory.org/news/fossil-record-cluster-evolution

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What's mysterious, invisible, and permeates the Universe?

That's right, dark matter! ....oh, and Halloween spirits too.

Happy and a spooky , a day to celebrate the stuff we can't see 🌌🎃

At ~85% of the total matter in our Universe, dark matter a big mystery for scientists to solve. Learn how Rubin Observatory will change our understanding of dark matter at http://rubinobservatory.org/explore/science-goals/dark-matter

📷: NASA/ESA

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Don't cry over (cosmic) spilled milk!

The Milky Way flows from Rubin's Auxiliary Telescope in this @NOIRLabAstro Image of the Week. AuxTel will be essential for Rubin science, taking additional data to help scientists correct for the effects of the atmosphere on incoming light.

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Where are we in the Universe, and how do we know?

Thanks to a type of supernova that happens when a white dwarf explodes, called "Type Ia," scientists have made a map the Universe.

...but that map has revealed new mysteries to solve!

🔗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7CBUjsHV8

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One step closer to science-ready😎

Simulated Solar System objects are now part of Rubin's Data Preview 0 ☄️ That's great news for Solar System scientists preparing to use —they can now test their analysis tools using the Rubin Science Platform (data.lsst.cloud)!

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Are we fisheye enough for the fisheye club?

This fisheye view of the world's largest fisheye lens might just be one of a kind! How many times can we say "fisheye"...

This lens is just one part of Rubin's car-sized digital camera being built @SLAClab

📷: T. Lange

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Taking Rubin 'round the world! 🌏

Two of our staff are living it up in Taiwan this week as they present Rubin's interactive classroom materials at the 2023 International Conference on K-12 Astronomy Education.

Check out our materials for yourself at rubinobservatory.org/education!

The 2023 International Conference on K-112 Astronomy Education group photo. A group of about 25 people sits in auditorium style seats on either side of an aisle. Stretching across the aisle is a blue banner with the conference information on it.

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¡Rubin recorre el mundo!

Dos de nuestras colegas están esta semana en Taiwán mientras presentan los materiales interactivos de Rubin para las salas de clases en la Conferencia Internacional sobre Educación en Astronomía K-12 de 2023.

🔗: rubinobservatory.org/es/education

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You're not from around here, are ya? ☄️

Interstellar objects come from star systems far, far away—& give scientists another way to learn about other systems.

With , scientists will find many interstellar objects that would've remained hidden!

🔗: https://rubinobservatory.org/news/visitors-from-distant-stars

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Scientists have found two interstellar objects so far: 'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. With the Legacy Survey of Space & Time (), they'll find many more.

While it's hard to predict how many, one thing's for sure: Solar System science will enter a new era of discovery with Rubin!

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Want a preview of Rubin science discovery?

Scientists @uwdirac developed new software to analyze future Rubin data & while testing it on an existing data set, they found their first "potentially hazardous" asteroid!

📷: J. Moeyens (@UW)/OpenSpace

🔗: https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/07/31/heliolinc3d/

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to our namesake, Vera Rubin! 🎉

Born in 1928, she was an accomplished astronomer who provided convincing evidence for the existence of dark matter.

Who was she? Why is an observatory named after her? Learn these answers and more!
👉 https://youtu.be/wd2hL3yI_-E?list=PLPINAcUH0dXbEQbSMDSKilynCN_KdEVyy

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When the angle is just right 🤩🤳

Rubin Observatory is @noirlabastro's !

Once online, Rubin will conduct a ten-year survey of the Southern sky, producing a massive amount of game-changing data for scientists around the world!

🔗: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2329a

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Ever had so much data on one computer that it locked up? 🙋

How about on 60,000 1-terabyte laptops? Relatable, we know.

That’s how much data Rubin Observatory will produce by the end of its 10-year survey. That’s 20 terabytes every night.

…we might need more laptops 🧵

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Greater than the sum of its parts 💪

Rubin Observatory is a HUGE feat of engineering. It uniquely combines several new technologies, which will make its 10-year survey of the visible Southern sky possible.

Come along with us for a short tour of each one! 🧵

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1️⃣An all-in-one summit facility

Rubin looks different from other observatories with its long, low service building. This building includes a full mirror-coating chamber, so we don’t need to send our mirror down the mountain for servicing.

📷: @b1quint

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Want to know more about Rubin Observatory, & prefer watching videos to reading?

We’ve got you—learn about Rubin & its science with our animated series!

Each video is only 2-3 min long, so watch them now or save this for later 🔖

🔗: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPINAcUH0dXbEQbSMDSKilynCN_KdEVyy

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🧐What is Rubin Observatory?

💻How will Rubin Observatory make a HUGE amount of data available to scientists?

🔭Who was Vera Rubin?

☄️What will scientists using Rubin data discover about the history of our Solar System?

…learn these answers and more!

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Scanning…✅

Rubin Observatory is a “survey telescope”—but what does that mean?

Telescopes come in many forms. Some are built to study small areas of sky, in fine detail and high resolution.

Survey telescopes, however, map the cosmos by imaging the entire night sky🧵

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With these general pictures, scientists can study many different things using the same data.

One scientist could use the images to study stationary galaxies. Another could use the same images to look for objects that change or move in the sky, like supernovae or asteroids.

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Rubin is a special survey telescope! It’s designed to:
✨Quickly take huge pictures of the entire sky from Chile
✨…in high-res
✨…every few nights for 10 years
✨...while also being able to detect very faint objects

No other telescope can do all of those things at once!

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Over the course of its 10-year survey, Rubin will take more than five million pictures of the entire visible night sky in more detail than has been possible before, enabling new discoveries about the Universe.

Learn more at https://rubinobservatory.org/slideshows/whats-a-survey-telescope

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Join our quest for knowledge! 💭

Rubin will address some of the biggest questions scientists have about the Universe - from the Solar System, to our own Milky Way galaxy, to the billions of other galaxies out there. 🧵

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3…2…1…🚀

We’re bringing the Universe to YOU!

We're officially unveiling our suite of brand new interactive & online experiences designed specially for you to be able to explore Rubin Observatory technology, science, and people!

https://rubinobservatory.org/news/universe-to-you

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You can find everything online at https://rubinobservatory.org in both English & Spanish—including an image gallery, animated videos, education resources for teachers, an online game👀, & all the information you’ll need about Rubin.

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