ComCam is back on @VRubinObs Simonyi telescope. Initial (engineering) on-sky observations are scheduled for July 2024. Though covering <5% of the area of the main camera, ComCam is still sizable: approximately 40' x 40' field of view spread over 9 CCDs and 144 megapixels. Tweet added by Mario Juric @mjuric

Mario Juric

7 months

ComCam is back on @VRubinObs Simonyi telescope. Initial (engineering) on-sky observations are scheduled for July 2024. Though covering <5% of the area of the main camera, ComCam is still sizable: approximately 40' x 40' field of view spread over 9 CCDs and 144 megapixels.

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@VRubinObs

7 months

Guess who's back, back again? ComCam's back, tell a friend🎶 Our summit team reinstalled the commissioning camera (ComCam) onto the telescope to continue tests! ComCam isn't taking images right now, but is instead acting as a balancing mass for the telescope during these tests.