Rubin Digest: for biweekly updates, see the News category in the Community Forum for links to the Digest.
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Community Events: find Science Announcements in the Rubin Community Forum (and use it to advertise your event).
For a curated list of recent news, scroll to the bottom of this page.
Fri Jun 28 2024: registration deadline for the Rubin Community Workshop 2024 (if the 250 limit is not reached earlier)
For open employment positions and their application deadlines, see lsst.org/hiring.
This is a list of upcoming events of interest to the Rubin community. See also the News and Science Announcements categories in the Rubin Community Forum to stay informed of events.
2024 October 17 - Rubin Science Assembly: Science Community Participation in the Rubin First Look Media Event
2024 November 10-14 - Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems (ADASS), Malta
2024 November 11-15 - XIX Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS) Annual Meeting, Arica, Chile
2025 January 12-16 - American Astronomical Society (AAS 247) Winter Meeting, National Harbor, MD
The Rubin Observatory Project Science team (PST) hosts monthly talks with the LSST Science Collaborations on a wide variety of topics. These deep dives into a particular subject often provide the most up-to-date details.
Click the thumbnail image below to go to the YouTube channel where recordings are posted, or find the full original talks here and slides here.
2024 -- The LSST Science Camera arrives at Rubin Observatory.
2024 -- The first reflective coating was applied to the 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror.
2024 -- SLAC completes construction of the LSST Science Camera.
2023 -- Data Preview 0. In June 2023, the simulated DP0.3 data set was released, which includes Solar System catalogs.
2023 -- Survey Strategy. The Survey Cadence Optimization Committee (SCOC) has released their Phase 2 Recommendations. See PSTN-055.
2023 -- Early Science. The plans for releasing Data Previews based on commissioning data; for doing Prompt processing in Year 1; and for the first Data Release are announced in RTN-011.
2022 -- Data Preview 0. In June 2022, the simulated DP0.2 data set was released, which includes the results of difference-image analysis to enable time-domain science.
2022 -- Users Committee. The first 12 members of the Rubin Users Committee have been identified and are available to be contacted by all users.
2021 -- LSST Science Collaborations. The first version of the Rubin Observatory Science Collaboration Federation Charter was released.
2021 -- Alert Brokers. Seven brokers will receive direct access to the full stream, and two will operate downstream of the selected brokers.
2021 -- Data Policy. Rubin Observatory Operations announces the release of an updated version of the Rubin Observatory Data Policy, RDO-013.
2020 -- LEO Satellites. The project has further investigated the effect of satellite constellations on Rubin Observatory observing, findings are summarized in Document-33805.
2019 -- LSST Overview Paper. The updated overview paper, “LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products” was published in the March 11, 2019 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
