Introduction
Construction milestones continue to be met on the summit of Cerro Pachón. The image on the right shows the successful outcome of the installation of the Top-End Assembly (TEA).
The Rubin Observatory has released a video on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOaS8jzkTMI - following the TEA installation, accompanied by suitably stirring music.
The Telescope Mount Assembly now just needs to have the camera mass surrogate installed and it will be complete, allowing a variety of tests before the eventual arrival of the camera itself.
(Credit: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA)
Meanwhile, a milestone was reached in the camera construction, with the arrival at SLAC of the first filter, that for the r band (pictured right).
(Credit: Travis Lange/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)Tational Accelerator a
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