# The Wait is Over: The Rubin Observatory’s 10-Year LSST Has Officially Begun!

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**Created:** [June 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/the-wait-is-over-the-rubin-observatory-s-10-year-lsst-has-officially-begun/538 "2026-06-30T16:58:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/the-wait-is-over-the-rubin-observatory-s-10-year-lsst-has-officially-begun/538/1 "2026-06-30T16:58:46Z")

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We are thrilled to share that the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially commenced its highly anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) last night.  
From its vantage point in Chile, this 10-year campaign will capture ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse images of the entire southern sky every few nights. Operating the largest digital camera in the world with 3,200 megapixels, the observatory functions as a massive real-time discovery machine, generating up to seven million alerts each night.  
This historic milestone opens up incredible new frontiers for multi-messenger astronomy and transient follow-ups, and we look forward to tracking its discoveries with Astro-COLIBRI!

> **[Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Capturing the Greatest...](https://rubinobservatory.org/news/action-rubin-lsst-begins)**
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> The wait is over: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, is now capturing the cosmos in unprecedented detail, transforming the way we study the dynamic...

French version: [https://www.in2p3.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/moteur-lobservatoire-vera-c-rubin-demarre-le-plus-grand-film-cosmique-jamais-realise](https://www.in2p3.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/moteur-lobservatoire-vera-c-rubin-demarre-le-plus-grand-film-cosmique-jamais-realise)

Overview of the observation of the first night of the survey (for experts): [nightsum\_2026-06-29](https://s3df.slac.stanford.edu/data/rubin/sim-data/schedview/reports/nightsum/lsstcam/2026/06/29/nightsum_2026-06-29.html)