First Vera Rubin Observatory images!!
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First Vera Rubin Observatory images!! Beautiful!! Lots of happy quotes from @megschwamb here: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/23/1119129/first-images-vera-c-rubin-observatory/
(Cynical me kind of wishes their first image was something horribly screwed up by satellite streaks, but I'm guessing that's not what they're going for - PLENTY of time to be grumpy about satellite streaks later)
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All paywalled, but in theory I'm quoted somewhere in this National Geographic article, probably complaining about satellite streaks making Vera Rubin a lot less effective than it could be
The 4 biggest space mysteries the new Vera Rubin Observatory could solve
No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.
Science (www.nationalgeographic.com)
