<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Bring it up on Wednesday!<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 14, 2025, at 7:16 PM, Ted Kochanski via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>For quite a time we have been sliding along the LCTG session devoted to the Vera Rubin Ultra Camera and Telescope</div><div>The time is coming when soon we will see actual "first light" from the telescope as revealed by the highest resolution astro camera -- ever</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps at the upcoming GASP - we should pick a date for the Vera Rubin telescope update</div><div><br></div><div><b>This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days</b></div><div>June 12, 2025<br>The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined<br>By Rebecca Boyle edited by Clara Moskowitz</div><div><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blockbuster-new-vera-rubin-observatory-will-change-astronomy-forever/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blockbuster-new-vera-rubin-observatory-will-change-astronomy-forever/</a></div><div><br></div><div>See the following [with my <b>highlight in Bold</b>]:</div><div>Blockbuster Eyes on the Sky<br>On June 23, the world will get a look at some of the first images taken by the brand new Vera Rubin Observatory perched on a 8,799-foot peak in the Chilean Andes. Its camera is the largest in the history of astronomy, with a more-than-1.5-meter lens, making this observatory a game-changer. The scope will canvas the entire sky visible from the Southern Hemisphere every three days for 10 years. <b>In its first year, the Rubin Observatory will collect more data than has been collected from all telescopes in the combined history of humanity.</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div></div>
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