Our latest #SETILive #podcast features the NSF-DOE Vera #RubinObservatory! We chatted with Beth Willman, CEO of the LSST Discovery Alliance, about the observatory's #Skyviewer app. Have you tried it out yet?
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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer App
New 3D, interactive visualization of planets and minor planets in our Solar System lets you explore Rubin discoveries in real time.
https://noirlab.edu/public/announcements/ann25014/ https://orbitviewer.app/
www.noirlab.eduNSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer App - New 3D, interactive visualization of planets and minor planets in our Solar System lets you explore Rubin discoveries in real timeNSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer App
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Things Named After Carnegie Astronomer Vera Rubin
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/things-named-after-carnegie-astronomer-vera-rubin
carnegiescience.eduThings Named After Carnegie Astronomer Vera RubinLong before Carnegie astronomer Vera Rubin was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1993, the scientific community had come to understand her groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the universe. In addition to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, she is immortalized in a number of other astronomical objects, awards, and projects.
Star Trails over Rubin
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory
Is the sky the same every night? No -- the night sky changes every night in many ways. To better explore how the night sky changes, the USA's NSF and DOE commissioned the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Cerro Pachón, Chile. In final testing before routine operations, Rubin will begin to explore these nightly changes -- slight differences that can tell us much about our amazing universe and its surprising zoo of objects.
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This image shows a section of its total view of the #Virgo cluster, with two prominent spiral galaxies (lower right), three merging galaxies (upper right), as well as several groups of distant galaxies. Spectacular views of distant galaxies, giant dust clouds and hurtling asteroids were revealed this week in the first images captured by a groundbreaking telescope that is embarking on a 10-year survey of the cosmos
Photograph: Vera C #RubinObservatory
The open star cluster Messier 21 as imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Located near the Trifid Nebula, Messier 21 is relatively young and tightly packed with small, dim stars.
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521ag
Scientists hail Rubin Observatory’s debut and look ahead
It’s been more than two decades since the University of Washington helped kick off the effort to get the Vera C. Rubin Observatory built in Chile — and now that it’s finished, UW astronomers are gearing up to get in on the first decade of discoveries.
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https://cosmiclog.com/2025/06/27/scientists-hail-rubin-observatorys-debut-and-look-ahead/
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Cosmic Log · Astronomers hail observatory’s debut — and look aheadIt’s been more than two decades since the University of Washington helped kick off the effort to get the Vera C. Rubin Observatory built in Chile — and now that it’s finished, UW astronomers are ge…
The University of Washington was one of the founding partners in the effort to build the #RubinObservatory - and now that Rubin's first pictures of the cosmos have been released, UW astronomers are taking a victory lap and looking forward to the discoveries to come. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/university-of-washington-rubin-observatory/ #Space #LSST
Rubin with M41 during First Look Observations
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
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A story on how Australia is contributing to the Vera Rubin Observatory via the data wrangling experts in Data Central, part of the AAO, at Macquarie University. And also Swinburne.
The Lighthouse · Australian data experts to support world’s largest sky survey
A detailed look at the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae, care of the Rubin Observatory.
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„First Look“ für das Rubin-Observatorium. Neues Teleskop macht erste Aufnahmen mit der größten Digitalkamera der Welt. #Astronomie #RubinFirstLook #RubinObservatory
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/first-look-fuer-das-rubin-observatorium/
scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin · „First Look“ für das Rubin-ObservatoriumAstronomie-Werkzeug der Superlative: Astronomen haben erste Aufnahmen des neuen Vera C. Rubin Observatoriums veröffentlicht – sie stammen von der größten
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The Vera Rubin Observatory just casually discovering over 2000 new asteroids from only 10 hours of observations over 7 nights, when up to now the rate of discovery has been about 20000 per year from all the world's telescopes combined.
This is stunning. One of the first images from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory that is known as “The Cosmic Treasure Chest”
https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look/cosmic-treasure-chest
Petapixel Article: https://petapixel.com/2025/06/23/the-worlds-largest-camera-captures-10-million-galaxies-discovers-2104-asteroids-in-first-photos/
I now have this as my desktop wallpaper :)
rubinobservatory.orgThe Cosmic Treasure Chest | Rubin ObservatoryDive into Rubin's Cosmic Treasure Chest — there's so much to explore
Fun fact: The Vera Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs discovered 2104 asteroids in its first night on the sky.
From the discovery of the first asteroid, 1 Ceres, in 1801 to the discovery of asteroid 2104 in 1963 took 162 years. Asteroid 2104 was the first asteroid discovered in Canada, and named "Toronto" after the University of Toronto.
UPDATE: Astronomers show off the first images from the #RubinObservatory - and report discovering more than 2,000 asteroids. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/rubin-observatory-first-look/ #Space #Astronomy
Smile, universe! It is time for your close-up with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
by By Kenneth Chang and Katrina Miller for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-telescopes-first-images.html
The New York Times · Vera Rubin Observatory Reveals Telescope’s First Images of Galaxies, Nebulas and Asteroids
Cosmic Drama
A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, revealing both the grand scale and the faint details of this dynamic region of the Cosmos.
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/urcqf35h9h28ha8huluk8jb02j