Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look Watch Party

— 12:15pm

Location:
In Person - Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh PA

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to map the changing Universe.  From finding nearby asteroids to discovering exploding stars in distant galaxies and massive black holes billions of light years away, Rubin Observatory's LSST will provide an unprecedentedly rich movie of the sky and enable a new era of astronomical discovery.   

The first images from Rubin Observatory will be released on 23 June  2025.  Join in to learn about why scientists in Pittsburgh are excited about LSST’s panoramic view of the changing sky and to take part in the unveiling of the first public images from this ground-breaking observatory, which has a mission to open the skies for everyone.   

The event is also open to everyone, but please  — REGISTER  —if you plan on attending.  

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, is a groundbreaking new astronomy and astrophysics observatory under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile, with first light expected in 2025. It is named after astronomer Vera Rubin, who provided the first convincing evidence for the existence of dark matter. Using the largest camera ever built, Rubin will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years and create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition, time-lapse record of our Universe.

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