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Articles about the Rubin Observatory renaming

01.11.2020

Articles about the Rubin Observatory renaming appeared in multiple popular publications, including the New York Times and The Atlantic, and Space.com, among others.

An Influential Female Astronomer Is Getting Her Due

01.9.2020

The Atlantic - Marina Koren

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It's Official: Vera Rubin Observatory Named to Honor Dark Matter Scientist

01.7.2020

Space.com - Meghan Gartels

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Coverage of Tony Tyson interviews regarding SpaceX

11.15.2019

Following the announcement of another SpaceX communications satellite launch on November 11th, LSST Chief Scientist Tony Tyson participated in several media interviews to discuss the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy, and LSST specifically. Among the resulting media features were an article in Nature.com and an episode of the NPR Science podcast Shortwave.

How to share the data from LSST

11.7.2019

LSST was featured in a November 7th article in Symmetry Magazine describing the challenges posed by LSST’s enormous data output, and the solutions being developed by the LSST Data Management team. Read the article at this link. 

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LSST Data Rights

10.30.2019

Earlier this year a new funding model for LSST operations was announced. Since then the team has been working hard to flesh out the details of the model. Part of that work was to set up a process to get proposals from current International Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) holders. We're please to announce that this process is now being kicked off!

Timeline

October 31, 2019

Invitation to current MOA holders and interested groups

November 22, 2019

Letters of Intent due

March 31, 2020

Proposals due

May 31, 2020

Evaluation feedback provided

Summer 2020

Iterate to convergence on draft agreement text


For more details and background information please refer to the post on the community forum.

World’s Largest Camera Lens

10.4.2019

The LSST Camera team and its work at SLAC was recently featured in a popular YouTube video from the series “Physics Girl.” The video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the unveiling of the LSST camera lenses in the clean room at SLAC, and features interviews with LSST Project members Margaux Lopez and Aaron Roodman. Watch the video at this link. 

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Public lecture will provide update on Tucson-based giant telescope project

08.13.2019

Arizona Daily Star - https://tucson.com

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Engineering the world’s largest digital camera

06.4.2019

An article detailing the unique engineering challenges faced by the LSST camera team at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory was recently published in Symmetry, a joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab. 

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Looking Up: Meet The LSST

04.10.2019

Amanda Bauer, LSST Head of EPO, was interviewed during a visit to the LSST construction site in Chile for a recent episode of the podcast Looking Up, titled, “Meet the LSST.”

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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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