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Some of the attendees of the alerts and broker workshop

Lasair team in force at workshop

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Scientists and software engineers from the UK and Europe met up for an alerts and broker workshop at the University of Oxford.

 A single test engineering image from the very first night of the ComCam campaign, before any detailed tuning or more precise alignment of the optical system, is shown in the context of the coverage that will be provided by the LSSTCam: every one of the 21 squares in the teal wire frame is equivalent to another ComCam, all observing the sky at the same time

Test camera delivers images

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New images from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory engineering test camera (aka ComCam) have brought us one step closer to seeing the Universe in new ways.

Simonyi Survey Telescope dedicated

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Software architect Charles Simonyi and his family were guests of honour at Cerro Pachón for the dedication of the Simonyi Survey Telescope.

Lasair work honoured by the IOP

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Lasair team members Ken Smith and Dave Young have won the Institute of Physics (IOP) 2024 Technician Award.

 Professor Graham Smith

New Project Scientist for LSST:UK

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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Graham Smith of the University of Birmingham is our new Project Scientist.

 On July 24, 2024, Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.5-meter secondary mirror was installed onto the Simonyi Survey Telescope. The installation was successfully completed after installing the mirror onto its support cell and moving the combined structure from Rubin's maintenance floor up to the dome level via the heavy-load platform lift. The secondary mirror is the first piece of glass to be installed into its final position on the telescope.

Rubin's secondary mirror installed

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The 3.5 metre secondary mirror is the first permanent component to be installed onto the Simonyi Survey Telescope.

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