4 papers
A Systematic Search for Main-Sequence Dipper Stars Using the Zwicky Transient Facility
Anastasios Tzanidakis, James R. A. Davenport, Neven Caplar +8
Main-sequence dipper stars, characterized by irregular and often aperiodic luminosity dimming events, offer a unique opportunity to explore the variability of circumstellar materia…
Variability-finding in Rubin Data Preview 1 with LSDB
Konstantin Malanchev, Melissa DeLucchi, Neven Caplar +56
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory recently released Data Preview 1 (DP1) in advance of the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which will enable boundless discoveries in t…
Crowded Field Photometry with Rubin: Exploring 47 Tucanae with Data Preview 1
Tobin M. Wainer, James R. A. Davenport, Eric C. Bellm +15
We analyze imaging from Data Preview 1 of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to explore the performance of early LSST pipelines in the 47 Tucanae field. The coadd-\texttt{object} catalo…
Using LSDB to enable large-scale catalog distribution, cross-matching, and analytics
Neven Caplar, Wilson Beebe, Doug Branton +9
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will generate an unprecedented volume of data, including approximately 60 petabytes of raw data and around 30 trillion observed sources, posing a sign…