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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science will support Rubin Observatory in its operations phase to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. They will also provide support for scientific research with the data. During operations, NSF funding is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with NSF, and DOE funding is managed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), under contract by DOE. Rubin Observatory is operated by NSF NOIRLab and SLAC.

NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.

The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

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  • View from on top of Rubin Observatory's dome toward the neighboring telescopes on Cerro Pachón in the Chilean desert mountains. A smooth road area connects Rubin with nearby buildings to the bottom right. Rubin's auxiliary telescope is a small dome at the center of the image, and two additional telescopes are visible above and to the left on a nearby ridge.
    View from Rubin Observatory
  • View from the near the top of Rubin's dome looking down toward the telescope mount inside. The mount is rotated on its side toward the left, and from this angle appears as a three vertical teal steel beams connected with two additional beams arranged in a V-shape with the point to the right. A catwalk obstructs part of the view on the left.
    Rubin Telescope Mount
  • View from the near the top of Rubin's dome looking down toward the telescope mount inside. The mount is rotated on its side toward the left, and from this angle appears as a three parallel sets of steel beams connected with two additional beams arranged in a V-shape with the point to the lower right.
    Inside Rubin Dome
  • A person sits in front of Rubin's giant telescope mount. The mount is tipped on its side away from the side, revealing the yellow X-shaped stand-in mass for the mirror and its support cell. The person appears tiny next to the mount, only about 1/8th of its height.
    Break Time
  • An artist’s impression of streams of stars around a galaxy. The galaxy occupies most of the image as a fuzzy blue-white oval with spiral features extending out clockwise. The light clouds are interspersed with small dark brown splotches in the same spiral pattern around the center, representing dust clouds. The galaxy’s center is a bright yellow glow. Overlaid on top of and surrounding the galaxy are several criss-crossing, faint tendrils of stars that represent satellite dwarf galaxies and star clusters that have been stretched out into long thin lines. The tendrils have various lengths and widths, though all are arcs rather than complete circles. The background is black.
    Artist’s Impression: Stellar streams in and around the Milky Way
  • Three people in white protective gear, masks, and hard hats look up toward something out of view to the left.
    Camera Team at SLAC
  • A large rectangular sheet holding a camera filter is suspended above the car-sized LSST Camera, viewed from the back.
    Camera Team at SLAC
  • A large rectangular sheet holding a camera filter is suspended above the car-sized LSST Camera, viewed from the back.
    Camera Team at SLAC
  • Rays of the setting sun appear to emanate from Rubin Observatory atop its desert mountain summit. The clear sky takes up 75% of the image, and light rays from the setting sun radiate from the center horizon like spokes on a wheel. The boot-shaped observatory, with long white service building pointing left and angular silver dome sticking up, sits atop a shadowed summit on the right. Lower altitude mountain ridges recede into the distance.
    Sunset at Cerro Pachón in February 2024
  • Prep Work on Primary Mirror
  • Surrogate Mirror Wash
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  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • View from Vertical Platform Lift
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
  • LSST camera and SLAC camera team
  • LSST camera and SLAC camera team
  • LSST camera at SLAC
  • LSST camera at SLAC
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