Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
RSS Feed 
World’s Most Powerful Digital Camera Sees Construction Green Light
The Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for a 3.2-gigapixel digital camera – the world’s largest – at the heart of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
Symmetry: All About Supernovae
Exploding stars have an immense capacity to destroy—and create.
Construction of LSST Clean Room at SLAC Completed
SLAC scientists and engineers celebrated the completion of a new clean room, where the lab will assemble the camera of the future Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
Symmetry: LSST Construction Begins
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will take the most thorough survey ever of the Southern sky.
Scientists Gather at SLAC to Prepare for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Two recent meetings at SLAC brought together experts working on computer hardware and software for LSST – a future telescope that will provide unprecedented views of the sky and may solve some of the biggest mysteries of the universe.
Symmetry: A Telescope that Tells You When to Look Up
The LSST system will alert scientists to changes in space in near-real time.
Symmetry: Mirror, Mirror
After more than six years of grinding and polishing, the first-ever dual-surface mirror for a major telescope is complete.
World’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding Approval
Plans to build the world’s largest digital camera at SLAC have reached a major milestone, with funding approval for the 3,200-megapixel camera. The camera will be the centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries.
Symmetry: Open Access to the Universe
A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away.
Construction of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to Begin
SLAC is leading the construction of LSST's 3,200-megapixel camera. The telescope will start surveying the entire visible southern sky in 2022.
