From the Rubin Observatory
Vera C is located at an altitude of 2,682 meters in Cerro Pachón, Chile. Rubin Astronomical Observatory. It has the largest astronomical camera of all time, an 8.4-metre mirror, an incredible resolution (3.2 billion pixels), the ability to rotate fast and a very powerful computer infrastructure. All this will allow you to receive an incredible amount of data every night. Every three nights, you will capture the entire visible sky of the southern hemisphere in images. Computers will detect even the most subtle changes by comparing these images.
It is also the first American observatory to bear the name of a woman; the observatory bears the name of the astronomer who discovered the first strongest evidence of dark matter. And, in addition to her name, she seemed determined to maintain the spirit of that woman, whose texts on the observatory’s website stated that they would work for equality and inclusiveness. These words disappeared when Trump came to the government.
One of the main objectives of the observatory will be to try to clarify what dark matter is. But he also wants to answer other questions: how the solar system was created, what objects and structures the Milky Way has
The first images taken from the observatory were socialized in June. And these are the images that we have collected in these pages; how much more amazing are they, because of their resolution, and because they reveal details that were not known.
The observatory faces a ten-year mission. It is impossible to know whether she will be as revolutionary as the woman who gave her name; but there is no doubt that she will provide valuable information to deepen the knowledge and cosmology of the universe.
Buletina
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