Description
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will be a major pillar of the UK astronomy programme for the next two decades. Its unprecedented combination of spatial, spectral and temporal coverage enable it to probe a broad range of astrophysical phenomena, across all areas of astronomy, from near-Earth asteroids to distant quasars, the dark energy believed to drive the Universe’s accelerating expansion, and much more.
NAM2025 coincides with a major milestone of broad impact across the UK and international communities: the first release of on-sky Rubin data to data rights holders. These data have already been obtained during observations with the commissioning camera in late 2024. Science Verification observations with LSSTCam are also expected to be well underway in summer 2025.
At NAM2025 we aim to encourage and enable the widest possible participation and engagement with the early data.
This lunch session will be organised by and dedicated to Early Career Researchers, offering a selection of talks and other activities that are focused their needs and interests.