Advancing the Vera C. Rubin Observatory active optics control system

GM Homar, JM Meyers, SJ Thomas… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to achieve its highly anticipated first light in early
2025, marking the start of an era of transformative observational capabilities. As the …

The Vera C. Rubin construction status in 2024

VL Krabbendam, S Thomas - Ground-based and Airborne …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Vera C. Rubin Observatory is the combination of an 8.4-m telescope, a 3.2 gigapixel camera
and a sophisticated data pipeline that is now in the final stage of construction/commissioning …

Rubin Observatory technical challenges and resolutions

J Sebag, D Neill, C Aguilar, J Andrew… - Advances in Optical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is an astronomical survey facility nearing completion in
Chile. Its mission is to accomplish the 10-year Legacy Survey of space and Time (LSST) …