Guides for scientists

Learn how to use the Science Pipelines and Science Platform with these guides.

Data Preview 0

DP0 serves as an early integration test of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Science Pipelines and the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) and to enable a limited number of scientists and students to begin early preparations for science with simulated LSST-like data sets.

Source repository
lsst/dp0_lsst_io

Data Preview 0.2

DP0.2 is the second phase of the Data Preview 0 program using precursor data (simulated images from the DESC DC2 data challenge) hosted on the Rubin Science Platform.

Source repository
lsst/dp0-2_lsst_io

Data Preview 0.3

DP0.3 provides a catalog of solar system objects from a simulated LSST ten-year wide-fast-deep survey by the Solar System Science Collaboration.

Source repository
lsst/dp0-3_lsst_io

Data Preview 1

Data Preview 1 contains image and catalog products from LSST Science Pipelines v29 processing of observations obtained with the LSST Commissioning Camera of seven ~1 square degree fields over seven weeks in late 2024.

Source repository
lsst/dp1_lsst_io

LSST Science Pipelines

The LSST Science Pipelines are designed to enable optical and near-infrared astronomy in the “big data” era. While they are being developed to process the data for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (Rubin’s LSST), our command line and programming interfaces can be extended to address any optical or near-infrared dataset.

Source repository
lsst/pipelines_lsst_io

Rubin Science Platform

The Rubin Science Platform is an online service that enables you to access and analyze Rubin LSST data. This documentation will help you set up your user account and work with the Rubin Science Platform’s software and services.

Source repository
lsst/rsp_lsst_io

astro_metadata_translator

The astro_metadata_translator package provides generalized infrastructure for handling metadata extraction for astronomical instrumentation.

Source repository
lsst/astro_metadata_translator

lsst.display.firefly

lsst.display.firefly is a backend for the lsst.afw.display interface, allowing the Firefly visualization framework to be used for displaying data objects from the LSST Science Pipelines.

Source repository
lsst/display_firefly

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a Federal project jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, with early construction funding received from private donations through the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded LSST (now Rubin Observatory) Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under the 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 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).

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