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Introduction
Those with ideas for future newsletter items should contact the LSST:UK Project Managers (George Beckett and Terry Sloanlusc_pm@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk), while everyone is encouraged to subscribe to the Rubin Observatory Digest for more general news from the US observatory team.
International Programme Coordinator
LSST:UK All Hands Meeting
Call for photo-z Letters of Recommendation
Photometric redshifts are crucial for most extragalactic science with the Rubin LSST and the Observatory is currently seeking community input to its plans for the photometric redshift information to be included in the data release catalogues. This input will be in the form of Letters of Recommendation, which may recommended particular photo-z estimators, but may also just summarise photo-z requirements for particular science analyses.
The call for the letters is available as a post on the http://community.lsst.org. Guidance on preparing letters of recommendation is being provided through a series of Virtual Forms, while the plan for evaluation of their content is set out in a roadmap document. Any interested person or group is invited to submit a letter, while this process is a focus for current debate within the extragalactic science collaoborations.
The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is 30 September 2021.
Recent LSST:UK outputs
LSST:UK has recently produced the following technical reports.
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Forthcoming meetings of interest
The global pandemic has led to almost all face-to-face meetings being cancelled. However, in light of continued restrictions on travel, Rubin Observatory business has moved online and we aim to maintain a list of relevant/ interesting upcoming meetings on our Confluence site. Some specific highlights include:
The ESCAPE project is holding a Summer School on Data Science for Astronomy, Astroparticle, and Particle Physics, during 7th--18th June. Details on IN2P3 Indico site.
The next DESC Virtual Collaboration Meeting is scheduled for 19th--23rd July 2021. Details provide on the DESC Confluence site (login required).
The 2021 Rubin Project and Community Workshop will take place online from 9th--13th August. Details to follow.