In the Jan-Feb issue of MIT Technology Review (vol 128 #1), bit of ‘popular’ press coverage: Nordrum, Amy Vera C. Rubin Observatory p. 23Mann, Adam The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready to transform our understanding of the cosmos p.50… Read More »Tech Rev. Prev.
New “issue” of CSN. This one’s re: special issues on the Vera Rubin Telescope/LSST. Both AJ and PSJ will have special issues covering this. Here are the calls for papers: Rubin LSST Solar System Analysis Software Focus Issue- Astronomy Journal… Read More »Cometary Science Newsletter, Dec.
It’s been too long since I’ve written on the Vera Rubin Observatory, and there’s progress to be seen- dynamic progress. The glass is on the telescope, and a camera too, but it’s the ComCam (Commissioning Camera), an under-populated version of… Read More »Vera Rubin Obs. Update Dec. 11 2024
…after Day 1 and Day 2, here’s my asteroid/comet/small body selection for Day 3 of the AAS DPS (Division for Planetary Sciences) meeting, #DPS2024, underway in Boise, ID. Wednesday, October 9, 2024 307 – NEOs: General 307.01 Near-Earth Objects Detected… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, three
Not well shared: The Vera Rubin camera is in Chile, on-mountain. There was a fair amount of coverage of the LSSTCam’s completion, at Stanford’s SLAC lab, in April. But with little fanfare, the pre-ship review passed, the camera was packed… Read More »First Light in Sight…
This isn’t news to anyone already in the loop, but… a Rubin Observatory presser spells it out for those who aren’t. The sky survey by Vera Rubin might as well be a long, heavy asteroid mission: Rubin Observatory will Inspire… Read More »…”Without Ever Leaving the Ground”