LSST Camera installed on the telescope

In early March, the Rubin team lifted the car-sized camera into position on the Simonyi Survey Telescope. 

The installation was a complex, difficult task that took place after months of testing in the clean room at the summit. The Rubin’s vertical platform lift was used to move the LSST Camera up to the telescope floor onto a transport cart. Following a carefully planned procedure, the team used a custom lifting device to carefully position and secure the LSST Camera on the telescope for the first time. 

“Mounting the LSST Camera onto the Simonyi Telescope was an effort requiring intense planning, teamwork across the entire observatory and millimeter-precision execution,” said Freddy Muñoz, Rubin Observatory Mechanical Group Lead. “Watching the LSST Camera take its place on the telescope is a proud moment for us all.”

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The installation of the LSST Camera in March 2025.
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/B. Quint