We're so excited! 🤩 #CaptureTheCosmos
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
May 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We're so excited! 🤩 #CaptureTheCosmos
👋 Time for a reintroduction!
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing the end of construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, getting ready for its quest to #CaptureTheCosmos with first light expected later this year. 🔭🧪
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing the end of construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, getting ready for its quest to #CaptureTheCosmos with first light expected later this year. 🔭🧪
January 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
👋 Time for a reintroduction!
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing the end of construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, getting ready for its quest to #CaptureTheCosmos with first light expected later this year. 🔭🧪
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing the end of construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, getting ready for its quest to #CaptureTheCosmos with first light expected later this year. 🔭🧪
Need more amazing astronomy pictures and science in your life? You can watch the live press conference about the Vera Rubin Observatory's first images here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1g... #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
June 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Need more amazing astronomy pictures and science in your life? You can watch the live press conference about the Vera Rubin Observatory's first images here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1g... #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
First week of on-sky engineering tests with the huge LSST Camera: ✅
From continuing to fine tune our complex systems and improve data quality, to successfully testing mechanical systems like the camera filter changer, we’re getting ever closer to being ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭 🧪
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From continuing to fine tune our complex systems and improve data quality, to successfully testing mechanical systems like the camera filter changer, we’re getting ever closer to being ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭 🧪
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April 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
First week of on-sky engineering tests with the huge LSST Camera: ✅
From continuing to fine tune our complex systems and improve data quality, to successfully testing mechanical systems like the camera filter changer, we’re getting ever closer to being ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭 🧪
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From continuing to fine tune our complex systems and improve data quality, to successfully testing mechanical systems like the camera filter changer, we’re getting ever closer to being ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭 🧪
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Happy New Year! 🥳
Our New Year's resolution? To #CaptureTheCosmos💥
2026 will see the start of the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time! Over the next decade, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will build the most complete map & detailed time-lapse movie of the Southern sky ever made. 🔭
Our New Year's resolution? To #CaptureTheCosmos💥
2026 will see the start of the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time! Over the next decade, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will build the most complete map & detailed time-lapse movie of the Southern sky ever made. 🔭
January 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Happy New Year! 🥳
Our New Year's resolution? To #CaptureTheCosmos💥
2026 will see the start of the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time! Over the next decade, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will build the most complete map & detailed time-lapse movie of the Southern sky ever made. 🔭
Our New Year's resolution? To #CaptureTheCosmos💥
2026 will see the start of the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time! Over the next decade, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will build the most complete map & detailed time-lapse movie of the Southern sky ever made. 🔭
T-7 days! We're getting so close to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images 🤩#RubinFirstLook
Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬🔭🧪
🗓️: June 23, 2025
⌚️: 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-...
Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬🔭🧪
🗓️: June 23, 2025
⌚️: 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-...
First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook
We’re nearly ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team on June 23, 2025 at 11am US EDT as they reveal the first incredible ...
www.youtube.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
T-7 days! We're getting so close to the reveal of NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's first images 🤩#RubinFirstLook
Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬🔭🧪
🗓️: June 23, 2025
⌚️: 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-...
Get ready for your first preview of how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🎬🔭🧪
🗓️: June 23, 2025
⌚️: 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-...
Want to instead explore the Virgo Cluster as captured by Rubin at full resolution? Head to our Skyviewer and enjoy some cosmic joyscrolling! There's so much to explore and discover ✨ #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app
➡️ skyviewer.app
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Want to instead explore the Virgo Cluster as captured by Rubin at full resolution? Head to our Skyviewer and enjoy some cosmic joyscrolling! There's so much to explore and discover ✨ #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app
➡️ skyviewer.app
Want to see NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Cosmic Treasure Chest for yourself?
Explore using Rubin's Skyviewer! There are billions of pixels to explore, and you might be the the first to lay eyes on a small, distant galaxy! #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
skyviewer.app
Explore using Rubin's Skyviewer! There are billions of pixels to explore, and you might be the the first to lay eyes on a small, distant galaxy! #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
skyviewer.app
Skyviewer
skyviewer.app
June 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Want to see NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Cosmic Treasure Chest for yourself?
Explore using Rubin's Skyviewer! There are billions of pixels to explore, and you might be the the first to lay eyes on a small, distant galaxy! #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
skyviewer.app
Explore using Rubin's Skyviewer! There are billions of pixels to explore, and you might be the the first to lay eyes on a small, distant galaxy! #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
skyviewer.app
The @vrubinobs.bsky.social team is getting ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join it tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT as it reveals *the first* images from the world’s newest and most powerful survey telescope. 🔭 🌌
Hear more from our Friday news roundup: buff.ly/nElEHea
Hear more from our Friday news roundup: buff.ly/nElEHea
First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook
We’re nearly ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team on June 23, 2025 at 11am US EDT as they reveal the first incredible ...
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The @vrubinobs.bsky.social team is getting ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join it tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT as it reveals *the first* images from the world’s newest and most powerful survey telescope. 🔭 🌌
Hear more from our Friday news roundup: buff.ly/nElEHea
Hear more from our Friday news roundup: buff.ly/nElEHea
I just had a look around ... and ....
look at them twinsies.
LOOK AT THEM 😍
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
look at them twinsies.
LOOK AT THEM 😍
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
June 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I just had a look around ... and ....
look at them twinsies.
LOOK AT THEM 😍
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
look at them twinsies.
LOOK AT THEM 😍
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
Longer nights means more time for the stars 🌟
As we get closer to winter in the southern hemisphere, sunset gets earlier.
But that's good news for ground-based astronomy observatories like NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, because longer nights mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
As we get closer to winter in the southern hemisphere, sunset gets earlier.
But that's good news for ground-based astronomy observatories like NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, because longer nights mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
May 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Longer nights means more time for the stars 🌟
As we get closer to winter in the southern hemisphere, sunset gets earlier.
But that's good news for ground-based astronomy observatories like NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, because longer nights mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
As we get closer to winter in the southern hemisphere, sunset gets earlier.
But that's good news for ground-based astronomy observatories like NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, because longer nights mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rubin Observatory is the result of decades of planning by thousands of people!
Once online later this year, Rubin Observatory will #CaptureTheCosmos over the next decade and beyond, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made. 🔭🧪
Learn more: rubinobservatory.org/about
Once online later this year, Rubin Observatory will #CaptureTheCosmos over the next decade and beyond, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made. 🔭🧪
Learn more: rubinobservatory.org/about
About | Rubin Observatory
About Rubin Observatory
rubinobservatory.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Rubin Observatory is the result of decades of planning by thousands of people!
Once online later this year, Rubin Observatory will #CaptureTheCosmos over the next decade and beyond, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made. 🔭🧪
Learn more: rubinobservatory.org/about
Once online later this year, Rubin Observatory will #CaptureTheCosmos over the next decade and beyond, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made. 🔭🧪
Learn more: rubinobservatory.org/about
Today's the day — it's officially T-0!
GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today's the day — it's officially T-0!
GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
This testing is an important part of the process toward installing LSST Camera onto the telescope! Once installed, and once Rubin Observatory is fully online later this year, LSST Camera will enable Rubin's decade-long survey of the sky and our quest to #CaptureTheCosmos✨
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February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This testing is an important part of the process toward installing LSST Camera onto the telescope! Once installed, and once Rubin Observatory is fully online later this year, LSST Camera will enable Rubin's decade-long survey of the sky and our quest to #CaptureTheCosmos✨
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We're not afraid of commitment 💍🔭
Yes, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's LSST is a 10-year commitment! But why?
To truly #CaptureTheCosmos we need to balance both "depth" and "time." Ten years is what we need to achieve both 🌌⏱️
🎥: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
Yes, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's LSST is a 10-year commitment! But why?
To truly #CaptureTheCosmos we need to balance both "depth" and "time." Ten years is what we need to achieve both 🌌⏱️
🎥: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
August 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We're not afraid of commitment 💍🔭
Yes, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's LSST is a 10-year commitment! But why?
To truly #CaptureTheCosmos we need to balance both "depth" and "time." Ten years is what we need to achieve both 🌌⏱️
🎥: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
Yes, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's LSST is a 10-year commitment! But why?
To truly #CaptureTheCosmos we need to balance both "depth" and "time." Ten years is what we need to achieve both 🌌⏱️
🎥: NSF–DOE RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
Happy March equinox! ☀️
At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile, this day marks the beginning of autumn. From here on out, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere will shrink until the June solstice, meaning longer nights and more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile, this day marks the beginning of autumn. From here on out, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere will shrink until the June solstice, meaning longer nights and more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
March 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Happy March equinox! ☀️
At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile, this day marks the beginning of autumn. From here on out, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere will shrink until the June solstice, meaning longer nights and more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
At NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile, this day marks the beginning of autumn. From here on out, daylight hours in the southern hemisphere will shrink until the June solstice, meaning longer nights and more time to #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
Starting later this year, Rubin will begin to #CaptureTheCosmos with the 10-year Legacy of Space and Time (LSST). 🔭🧪
Every few nights, it will take a new snapshot of the visible sky, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made & revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe.
skyviewer.app
Every few nights, it will take a new snapshot of the visible sky, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made & revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe.
skyviewer.app
Skyviewer
skyviewer.app
June 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Starting later this year, Rubin will begin to #CaptureTheCosmos with the 10-year Legacy of Space and Time (LSST). 🔭🧪
Every few nights, it will take a new snapshot of the visible sky, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made & revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe.
skyviewer.app
Every few nights, it will take a new snapshot of the visible sky, generating the greatest cosmic movie ever made & revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe.
skyviewer.app
MORE WILL BE REVEALED TOMORROW MORNING!!
ls.st/rubin-first-...
ls.st/rubin-first-...
First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook
We’re nearly ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team on June 23, 2025 at 11am US EDT as they reveal the first incredible ...
ls.st
June 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
MORE WILL BE REVEALED TOMORROW MORNING!!
ls.st/rubin-first-...
ls.st/rubin-first-...
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The first images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory are here, and they are breathtaking!
This spectacular image shows only a small section of total view of the Virgo Cluster, 55 Mly away.
ONLY A SMALL SECTION!
➡️ noirlab.edu/public/image...
🔭 🧪 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
The first images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory are here, and they are breathtaking!
This spectacular image shows only a small section of total view of the Virgo Cluster, 55 Mly away.
ONLY A SMALL SECTION!
➡️ noirlab.edu/public/image...
🔭 🧪 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The first images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory are here, and they are breathtaking!
This spectacular image shows only a small section of total view of the Virgo Cluster, 55 Mly away.
ONLY A SMALL SECTION!
➡️ noirlab.edu/public/image...
🔭 🧪 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
The first images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory are here, and they are breathtaking!
This spectacular image shows only a small section of total view of the Virgo Cluster, 55 Mly away.
ONLY A SMALL SECTION!
➡️ noirlab.edu/public/image...
🔭 🧪 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos
Happy June Solstice! ☀️❄️ The north gets summer, but it's the winter solstice at NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile & our longest night. Extra dark hours mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos!
If you're in the north, enjoy the sun! For us, we'll be embracing the dark & looking up 🔭🧪
If you're in the north, enjoy the sun! For us, we'll be embracing the dark & looking up 🔭🧪
June 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Happy June Solstice! ☀️❄️ The north gets summer, but it's the winter solstice at NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory in Chile & our longest night. Extra dark hours mean more time to #CaptureTheCosmos!
If you're in the north, enjoy the sun! For us, we'll be embracing the dark & looking up 🔭🧪
If you're in the north, enjoy the sun! For us, we'll be embracing the dark & looking up 🔭🧪
Once the camera proved it could see the sky? It was almost time to show the world what Rubin could do 🌌 #RubinRecap2025 #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
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December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Once the camera proved it could see the sky? It was almost time to show the world what Rubin could do 🌌 #RubinRecap2025 #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
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With 189 CCD sensors, LSST Camera has a field of view *21 times* the size of ComCam’s. It will be installed in just a couple months—we’re under a year from beginning our quest to #CaptureTheCosmos and the greatest cosmic movie ever made! 🔭🧪
rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-completes-comcam-tests
rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-completes-comcam-tests
January 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
With 189 CCD sensors, LSST Camera has a field of view *21 times* the size of ComCam’s. It will be installed in just a couple months—we’re under a year from beginning our quest to #CaptureTheCosmos and the greatest cosmic movie ever made! 🔭🧪
rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-completes-comcam-tests
rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-completes-comcam-tests
Oh wow!
Look it!
First new images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social!
These are stunning 😍
This is what 3200-megapixel resolution gives you!
HERE IT IS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTBI...
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
Look it!
First new images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social!
These are stunning 😍
This is what 3200-megapixel resolution gives you!
HERE IT IS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTBI...
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
The Cosmic Treasure Chest
YouTube video by NOIRLabAstro
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Oh wow!
Look it!
First new images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social!
These are stunning 😍
This is what 3200-megapixel resolution gives you!
HERE IT IS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTBI...
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
Look it!
First new images from @vrubinobs.bsky.social!
These are stunning 😍
This is what 3200-megapixel resolution gives you!
HERE IT IS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTBI...
#RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
May 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look