Simonyi Survey telescope set to unveil the universe by 2025

 

The construction of the Simonyi Survey Telescope has been completed in Chile at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. A 7.7-metre mirror has been installed, which means that the telescope will soon be able to start working.

The installation of the main 7.7-metre mirror completed the construction of the Simonyi Survey Telescope, which has the largest digital camera in the world. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile announced via CNN on Wednesday that the first images of the sky would be captured by the end of 2025.

The complete telescope is equipped with three mirrors and a working ComCam camera with a resolution of 144 megapixels. In the coming months, after conducting appropriate tests, the team will install the final component – the LSST camera, which is impressively large. It is equipment the size of a car, with an impressive resolution of 3200 megapixels. This value corresponds to the number of pixels that 300 mobile phones have. This camera will capture an area of the sky corresponding to the surface of 40 full Moons.

Clare Higgs, an astronomy outreach specialist at the observatory stated that the preparatory work literally lasted ten years, but no one ever knows if everything is working until you turn everything on. She added that the first observations and images are planned for the end of 2025.

How will the telescope work?

The telescope will image the entire visible sky every three nights, taking approximately 1,000 photos during that time. Its operation is anticipated for the next ten years. Astronomers predict that the telescope's work will allow the discovery of 17 billion new stars and 20 billion galaxies.

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