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How scientists shipped astronomy’s largest camera from California to Chile

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a cross-bar crane hoist hanging from a support beam across the ceiling of a warehouse suspends a large black cylinder with two green straps, connected to the cylinder at four points. Four workers in orange highlighter apparel stand around the suspended cylinder, and another stands off to the left.

After twenty years of work, the camera is the heart of the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory arrived at her home last week. It now lies at the top of Cerro Pachón Mountain in Chile. This camera is the final major component of the Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope, where it will be installed after … Read more