Vera C Rubin Observatory, Chile, at night

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Panoramic view of the Rubin Auxiliary Telescope (left of centre) at night. This metre diameter optical telescope will form part of the Vera C Rubin Observatory (far right) which is (as of 2022) under construction and due to be completed in 2024. When completed, the observatory will house the metre primary mirror of the Simonyi Survey Telescope. The observatory, formerly known as the LSST, was named in honour of Vera C Rubin (1928 - 2016), an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. The Milky Way galaxy is seen in the sky above.

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