Introduction
Access to Rubin+Roman simulated data - https://community.lsst.org/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-nov-14-9am-pst-rubin-roman-synergies/9539 (only available to DP0 Delegates)
Commissioning updates - e.g. https://community.lsst.org/t/2024-11-08-on-sky-commissioning-update/9534
Rubin alerts and broker workshop – January 2025
To coincide with a visit by Eric Bellm from the Rubin Data Management team, the Lasair team is hosting a workshop on 13-14 January 2025 in Oxford. On the agenda will be the latest news on LSST alerts and broker provision.
Eric leads the team at the University of Washington that are building the real-time data processing pipelines for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. He is the Alert Production Science lead and is also the Survey Scientist for the Zwicky Transient Facility. With ComCam observing the sky on the Simonyi telescope now, and LSSTCam to come in early 2025, this LSST:UK community workshop will discuss the latest updates from the Rubin Data Management team. This will inform our final development stage for the Lasair broker as we approach the start of LSST alerts in 2025.
We encourage in-person attendance at the event to discuss what we can jointly achieve between the Rubin Alert Production team and the brokers. We will make provision for hybrid attendance. Personnel from other brokers are very welcome to attend, although our timing will be most suited to European time zones (two mornings GMT).
On behalf of the Lasair Team, I look forward to seeing you in Oxford as excitement builds for the start of LSST alerts in 2025.
The workshop will run from Tuesday 14 January (10:00, with coffee and chat from 09:30) until Lunchtime on Wednesday 15th. Lunch is provided both days and there is no registration fee.
Full details, registration and programme are available here: Rubin alerts and broker workshop - Oxford 2025
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Forthcoming meetings of interest
Dates, locations and links… The current list of forthcoming meetings is always available on the Relevant Meetings page. You may also wish to check information held on the LSST organisation website LSST-organised events and the LSST Corporation website.
Dates | Meeting Title / Event | Meeting Website/ Contact | Meeting location / venue |
|---|---|---|---|
28/JUL/25 - 1/AUG/25 | Rubin Community Workshop | Tucson, Arizona/Hybrid | |
Members of the Consortium (not in receipt of travel funding through one of the Science Centre grants) may apply for travel support for meetings of this kind via the LSST:UK Pool Travel Fund. Details are available at Forthcoming LSST-related Meetings
If you have significant news or announcements that are directly relevant to LSST:UK and would like to share them in a future newsletter, contact Eleanor O'Kane (email eokane@roe.ac.uk)