{"id":98951,"date":"2025-06-10T07:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onyxstudio.us\/discovery\/?p=98951"},"modified":"2025-06-24T06:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:03:46","slug":"nsf-rubin-observatory-first-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onyxstudio.us\/discovery\/nsf-rubin-observatory-first-light\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Rubin Observatory First Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; el_class=&#8221;inverted-device-order&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;4&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-155944&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;200&#8243;]NSF Rubin Observatory<\/p>\n<p>First Light[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]The Vera C. 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