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most citedLSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products

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astro-ph.IM2026★ 14 cited

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1

Vera C Rubin Observatory Team, Tatiana Acero Cuellar, Emily Acosta +325

We present Rubin Data Preview 1 DP1, the first data from the NSF DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, comprising raw and calibrated single epoch images, coadds, difference images, detecti…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…

astro-ph.IM2023

The Future of Astronomical Data Infrastructure: Meeting Report

Michael R. Blanton, Janet D. Evans, Dara Norman +69

The astronomical community is grappling with the increasing volume and complexity of data produced by modern telescopes, due to difficulties in reducing, accessing, analyzing, and…

astro-ph.IM2022

Software Architecture and System Design of Rubin Observatory

William O'Mullane, Frossie Economou, Kian-Tat Lim +8

Starting from a description of the Rubin Observatory Data Management System Architecture, and drawing on our experience with and involvement in a range of other projects including…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Rubin Science Platform on Google: the story so far

William O'Mullane, Frossie Economou, Flora Huang +16

We describe Rubin Observatory's experience with offering a data access facility (and associated services including our Science Platform) deployed on Google Cloud infrastructure as…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 1 cited

Why is the LSST Science Platform built on Kubernetes?

Christine Banek, Adam Thornton, Frossie Economou +3

LSST has chosen Kubernetes as the platform for deploying and operating the LSST Science Platform. We first present the background reasoning behind this decision, including both ins…