SLAC's Hanna Polleck Talk on Rubin Observatory 3 Gigapixel CCD Camera

Join us for a talk by Hannah Polleck, Staff Engineer at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, who will describe her work with the largest camera ever constructed: the 3 Gigapixel CCD camera designed for the Vera Rubin Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Chile. The camera will conduct a full sky survey for ten years, and lead to exciting new discoveries in astronomy.

Pollek will give an overview of the Vera Rubin Observatory as a whole, with a specific emphasis on the construction of the LSST Camera that is taking place at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. She will also speak about the science goals of the project during its 10 year survey, the nationwide and international collaborations in building it, as well as the upcoming task of handling the immense amounts of data that will be taken each night.

For information on the LSST Camera, visit: https://lsst.slac.stanford.edu
For information about the Vera Rubin Observatory, visit: https://www.lsst.org/