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BNL Demonstrates Test Camera

In early February, a team working on the LSST Camera project at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) demonstrated the first successful operation of a test camera using a “vertical slice” of the final camera sensors and electronics. The test assembly contained prototype CCDs and one 48-channel raft electronic board, all housed in a developmental model of the Commissioning Camera cryostat. The raft sensor assembly was set at -100C, and the electronics sink was set at -10C. Using a variety of optical and electronic stimuli, the team found all 48 channels reading out and meeting critical performance specifications for noise, crosstalk and linearity.

Science Collaborations

There are currently ten LSST Science Collaborations.  Additional information about their work and membership can be found at the links below or by contacting the individual chairs.

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The Rubin Observatory Data Management System (DMS) must 

Data Management Interface Scientist

Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann, Interface Scientist for Data Management

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
gpdf@slac.stanford.edu
(650) 926-4207 (phone)
(650) 926-3882 (fax)

Data Management Project Scientist

Mario Jurić, Project Scientist for Data Management

University of Washington
Department of Astronomy
Box 351580
Seattle, WA 98195
mjuric@lsst.org
(609) 933-1033
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Chuck Claver

Chuck Claver

Systems Scientist & Commissioning Manager

950 N. Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
cclaver@lsst.org
(520) 318-8319

Systems Engineering Manager

George Angeli, Systems Engineering Manager

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
950 N. Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
gangeli@lsst.org
(520) 318-8413

LSST Project Scientist

Željko Ivezić, LSST Project Scientist

 

LSST Project Manager

Victor Krabbendam, Rubin Observatory Project Manager

 
 
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
950 N. Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
vkrabbendam@lsst.org
(520) 318-8482

Victor Krabbendam has been LSST Project Manager since 2012, after eight years as Project Manager for the LSST Telescope & Site subsystem.

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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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