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SAC Seeks Input

LSST E-News : 
December

Now that federal construction on LSST has formally begun, the LSST Project has constituted a Science Advisory Committee (SAC). The committee’s job is to represent the wider scientific community (including the US astronomical community) and to advise LSST Project Director Steve Kahn as decisions are made throughout the LSST construction phase.

The SAC’s ultimate goal is to help the LSST project and the community maximize the science output from LSST. The committee’s purview includes, but is not limited to, the choice of observing cadences, plans for scientific commissioning of the LSST, and the relationship between the LSST project, the science community, and LSST science collaborations. The LSST SAC website lists the SAC’s members and includes previous meetings’ minutes. Please contact any of the SAC members if you have questions or would like to give input into any aspect of LSST.

LSST SAC Chair Michael Strauss models his LSST 2012 All Hands Meeting t-shirt
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Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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