| A | B |
|---|---|
| Rendering of completed Simonyi Survey Telescope | … |
| Alternative names | Rubin |
| Named after | Vera Rubin |
| Location(s) | Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile |
| Coordinates | 30°14′41″S 70°44′58″W / 30.24464°S 70.74942°W |
| Observatory code | X05 |
| Altitude | 2,672.75 m (8,768.9 ft) |
| Wavelength | 320 nm (940 THz)–1,060 nm (280 THz) |
| First light | June 2025 |
| Diameter | 8.417 m (27 ft 7.4 in) |
| Secondary diameter | 3.420 m (11 ft 2.6 in) |
| Tertiary diameter | 5.016 m (16 ft 5.5 in) |
| Angular resolution | 0.7″ median seeing limit 0.2″ pixel size1 |
| Collecting area | 35 m (380 sq ft) |
| Focal length | 10.31, 9.9175 m (33 ft 9.91 in, 32 ft 6.45 in) |
| Website | rubinobservatory.org |
| Location of Vera C. Rubin Observatory | … |
| Related media on Commons | … |
| [edit on Wikidata] | … |
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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Footnotes
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“LSST System & Survey Key Numbers”. LSST Corporation. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2015. ↩