4 papers
PSF-like Alpha-Particle Events in LSST Images
Guillem Megias Homar, Craig S. Lage, Pierre-François Léget +6
Rare -particle-induced charge clusters appear in LSST images as compact, PSF-like sources with a median FWHM of and median ellipticity consistent with…
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario JuriÄ +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-…
47 Tuc in Rubin Data Preview 1: Exploring Early LSST Data and Science Potential
Yumi Choi, Knut A. G. Olsen, Jeffrey L. Carlin +12
We present analyses of the early data from Rubin Observatory's Data Preview 1 (DP1) for the globular cluster 47 Tuc field. The DP1 dataset for 47 Tuc includes four nights of observ…
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…