Roman Space Telescope
Taken by Phillip Dykstra on August 31, 2026 @
Mount Laguna, CA, USA
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Details:
The Roman Space Telescope (RST) on its way to the L2 point about 19 hours after launch.
The lines are dashed because of 60 second gaps between each exposure.
A composite of 38x 60s subs spanning 76 minutes.
Canon R5 200mm f/2.8 ISO 800.
The image scale is 2.334 arcsec/pixel.
The field of view is roughly 0.5 degrees (45'x30').
Photographer's website:
https://pdykstra.com/astro/blog/2026-08-31-RST/
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