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We have a telescope!🤩 Last week, summit staff successfully installed Rubin Observatory's combined primary/tertiary mirror. With all three mirrors & the commissioning camera in place, we officially—for the first time in 15 years of construction—have a complete telescope!🥳 🧵
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This isn't the telescope's final form though! This iteration has the smaller 144-megapixel commissioning camera used for testing. Rubin's 3200-megapixel LSST Camera, which will #CaptureTheCosmos in science operations, will be installed early next year.

Congratulations to the #RubinTeam on this milestone, and major thanks to our incredible summit staff for all of their hard work! 🥳 Next step: get this telescope on-sky 🌌

Any chance of a downloadable version of this for use in talks?

Absolutely - you can find it at

when will it be ready for 'First Light' ?

First light is currently expected for mid-2025!

Congratulations! 🍾

How exciting🎉

Congrats! Looks so beautiful!

That's fabulous! 🤩👍 It's a long journey, can't wayt to see your first images!


