The Deepest, Widest View of Our Universe
The observatory, a project led by a consortium of more than 35 universities, research institutions, corporations and individuals, will provide an unprecedented survey of the universe through panoramic imagery.
Once the observatory is fully operational, the telescope will survey the entire visible southern sky every few days for a decade. Over the course of the survey, the telescope鈥檚 3,200-megapixel camera will amass about 800 panoramic images for each patch of the sky over 10 years, essentially creating 鈥渕ovies鈥 of the universe. The observatory鈥檚 initial 10-year mission is named the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST.
The completed ground-based telescope will be located on Cerro Pach贸n in Chile and will provide scientists with the data needed to address today鈥檚 most compelling questions in astrophysics. Rubin Observatory has been designed as a public facility. Data will be available worldwide through the public engagement platform over the internet.
