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Monday, 23 June 2025

The Vera Rubin Telescope

 A good summary read. How exciting is this? 

BBC News - First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3rmjjgx6xo


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/largest-telescope-first-images-galaxies-vera-rubin-observatory/?linkId=833984765&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5omx4KR85xv0I7D-6uPGS6lksbqmeFuNIPara-2hDcyhxA-d6I3dqKD6vGyA_aem_ucz_jA7erJhtxuO1xQcJVQ


https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/vera-c-rubin-observatory-first-images?fbclid=IwY2xjawLKZ0xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmMraVtOyClhsZ8MBtM5cxEve1Su-fkFQhH91i1sJwGNKiCY-lbWcEksD2wE_aem_Abkwu5lImoNKq3uTaR4RUw

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