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News Release 15-036
LSST lays first stone
Construction starts; now one step closer towards better understanding of universe
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A photograph and a rendering mix, showing a view of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's exterior building, from the road leading up to the site, a mountain peak in northern Chile called Cerro Pachon.
Credit: LSST
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A rendering of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, from May 2013. The LSST will be an 8-meter wide-field survey telescope that will image the entire visible sky a few times each week for 10 years. The LSST will reveal unprecedented information about distant galaxies, nearby asteroids and even the mysterious dark energy that is expanding the universe.
Credit: LSST
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LSST will take more than 800 panoramic images of the sky each night, allowing for detailed maps of the Milky Way and of our own solar system, and charting billions of remote galaxies. Its observations will also probe the imprints of dark matter and dark energy on the evolution of the universe.
Credit: NSF/Adrian Apodaca
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