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Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, is an astronomical in , . Its main task is to conduct an astronomical survey of the southern sky every few nights, creating a ten-year time-lapse record, termed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Chile
  • Also known as: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”, “LSST”, “LSST camera”, “NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory”, “Rubin”, “Rubin Observatory”, “VCRO”, “Vera Rubin Observatory”, and “VRO”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cerro Pachón and Gemini South.

Peak
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is a mountain in central , located east of the city of in the . The mountain is seismically active, with a magnitude 5.6 earthquake impacting the summit on April 30, 2012.

Observatory
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is an observatory, which is situated 1¼ km east of Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Latitude
-30.24459° or 30° 14′ 41″ south
Longitude
-70.74944° or 70° 44′ 58″ west
Inception
June 23rd, 2025
Operator
LSST Corporation
Open location code
47XFQ742+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 828285600
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q672021
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Vera C. Rubin Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد فيرا روبين”
  • Arabic: “مرصد فيرا ك. روبين”
  • Arabic: “مقراب المسح الشامل الكبير”
  • Belarusian: “Абсэрваторыя імя Веры Рубін”
  • Bengali: “ভেরা সি. রুবিন মানমন্দির”
  • Catalan: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Chinese: “LSST”
  • Chinese: “国家科学基金会薇拉·C·鲁宾天文台”
  • Chinese: “大型綜合巡天望遠鏡”
  • Chinese: “薇拉·魯賓天文台”
  • Chinese: “薇拉·鲁宾天文台”
  • Czech: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Czech: “LSST”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Very C. Rubinové”
  • Czech: “Vera C. Rubin Observatory”
  • Czech: “Vera Rubin Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Vera C. Rubin Observatory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد فيرا سى روبين”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Vera C. Rubin”
  • Estonian: “Vera C. Rubini Observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Finnish: “Vera C. Rubin -observatorio”
  • French: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • French: “LSST”
  • French: “observatoire Vera-C.-Rubin”
  • French: “Observatoire Vera-C.-Rubin”
  • Galician: “LSST”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Astronómico Vera Rubin”
  • Georgian: “ვერა რუბინის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • German: “Vera C. Rubin Observatory”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ורה רובין”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים על שם ורה רובין”
  • Hungarian: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Hungarian: “Vera C. Rubin Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Vera C. Rubin”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Vera C. Rubin”
  • Italian: “LSST, Legacy Survey of Space and Time,”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Vera C. Rubin”
  • Japanese: “NSFヴェラ・C・ルービン天文台”
  • Japanese: “ヴェラ・C・ルービン天文台”
  • Japanese: “大型シノプティック・サーベイ望遠鏡”
  • Korean: “LSST”
  • Korean: “베라루빈 천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Macedonian: “Опсерваторија „Вера К. Рубин“”
  • Macedonian: “Опсерваторија „Вера Рубин“”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Vera C. Rubin”
  • Malay: “LSST”
  • Malay: “Rubin”
  • Malay: “VRO”
  • Malayalam: “ലാർജ് സിനോപ്റ്റിക് സർവേ ടെലസ്കോപ്”
  • Manx: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Manx: “LSST”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Rubin”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Vera C. Rubin”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Vera Rubin”
  • Manx: “VCRO”
  • Manx: “VRO”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Norwegian: “Vera C. Rubin-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه ورا روبین”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium im. Very C. Rubin”
  • Portuguese: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Vera C. Rubin”
  • Russian: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Russian: “LSST”
  • Russian: “VCRO”
  • Russian: “VRO”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Веры Рубин”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория имени Веры Рубин”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Вера Ц. Рубин”
  • Slovak: “Vera C. Rubin Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Vere C. Rubin”
  • Spanish: “Gran Telescopio para Rastreos Sinopticos”
  • Spanish: “Gran Telescopio para Rastreos Sinópticos”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Vera C. Rubin”
  • Spanish: “VRO”
  • Swedish: “Large Synoptic Survey Telescope”
  • Swedish: “Vera C. Rubin-observatoriet”
  • Turkish: “Vera C. Rubin Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “LSST”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий синоптичний оглядовий телескоп”
  • Ukrainian: “ВСОТ”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Вери Рубін”

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