Instrumentation

LSST Camera arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile

May 22, 2024

Observational Cosmology Group

This paves the way for cosmic exploration.

The 3200-megapixel LSST Camera, the groundbreaking instrument at the core of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, has arrived at the observatory site on Cerro Pachón in Chile from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California.

More information on the LSST website.

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During the week of April 15, 2025, Andreu Font delivered a talk at Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics, presenting the latest Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration. His presentation, titled “How Constant is the Cosmological Constant? Challenging the ΛCDM Model with New Measurements from the DESI Collaboration ”, explored how recent data may question key assumptions of the standard cosmological model.

The talk is available to watch online .

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Instrumentation

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