World's largest digital camera launched, installed in this observatory

The world's biggest digital camera has been launched and installed on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Another term for this digital camera is the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera. It is the world's biggest digital camera that will provide detailed observations of the night sky of the Southern Hemisphere for ten years. It has been installed on the Simonyi Survey Telescope and now it is on the threshold of entering the final test stage. After that, the observatory will become operational in full mode in 2025. It has been built with joint funding by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) and will create a time-lapse recording of the universe like never before.

According to the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the LSST camera will systematically survey the entire sky every few nights and provide high-resolution images on an unprecedented scale. According to the official statement of the observatory, a single image will be so detailed that it will require 400 ultra-HD television screens to display it. With this capability, the camera will be able to capture astronomical events such as supernovae, asteroids, and pulsating stars, giving a new direction to the understanding of cosmic phenomena.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is named in honor of astronomer Vera Rubin. While conducting research with her colleague Kent Ford, she found that galaxies were not rotating at the speed expected according to the laws of gravity. This led to the conclusion that some invisible substance (dark matter) is affecting the motion of these galaxies. The observatory's advanced optical and data-processing techniques will help to understand this mystery more deeply and will play an important role in measuring the effects of dark energy.