The distinguishing feature of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is its ability to conduct a groundbreaking ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). This survey will generate the most extensive astronomical dataset ever, capturing images of the entire sky every few nights. The observatory's primary instrument, the Simonyi Survey Telescope, boasts an 8.4-meter mirror and a 3.2-gigapixel camera, the largest digital camera ever constructed for astronomical purposes.
