Rise of the Super Telescopes: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

By Evan Gough March 3, 2017
Rise of the Super Telescopes: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

  • The Giant Magellan Telescope

  • The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope

  • The Thirty Meter Telescope

  • The European Extremely Large Telescope

  • The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

  • The James Webb Space Telescope

  • The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

    • The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

    The Camera Inside the 'Scope

    “The LSST survey will open a movie-like window on objects that change brightness, or move, on timescales ranging from 10 seconds to 10 years.” - LSST: FROM SCIENCE DRIVERS TO REFERENCE DESIGN AND ANTICIPATED DATA PRODUCTS

    The Data Challenge

    "LSST is a new way to observe, and gaining knowledge from the Big Data LSST delivers is indeed a challenge." - Suzanne H. Jacoby, LSST

    The Science

    Open Access

    First Light

    Evan Gough

    Evan Gough

    Evan Gough is a science-loving guy with no formal education who loves Earth, forests, hiking, and heavy music. He's guided by Carl Sagan's quote: "Understanding is a kind of ecstasy."