Getting Started

Welcome to the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration. This page is intended as a resource to get caught up with the basics.

Useful links:

• A helpful glossary of LSST-related terms and acronyms - the page can be also used to suggest new terms to be addedd to the list
• Crash Course on LSST and Rubin Observatory provided by Melissa Graham at the Vera C Rubin community forum. The page includes short (up to ~15 min) presentations on: The Planned LSST Data Products, Accessing and Analyzing LSST Data Products, Survey Strategy & Cadence Optimization, and Rubin Community Forum. It's an excellent place to start getting up to speed with the general LSST.
• Vera C. Rubin Observatory Documentation for Data Preview 0.3 (DP0.3) - Smulated Solar System Data Products
• Rubin Science Platform - Quick Start Guide
• DP0.3 (Simulated LSST Solar System Data on the Rubin Science Platform) tutorial notebooks and DP0.2 (other Rubin Simulated Data Product) Tutorial Notebooks
• Rubin Observatory Data Rights Policy

Rubin Science Assembly, Fri Aug 18 2023: DP0.3 Kick-Off Info Session

Rubin Science Assembly,2023-09-15 DP0.3 Notebook tutorial 02: Main Belt Asteroids

DP0.3 Notebook tutorial 04a/b: Introduction to phase curves and advanced phase curve modeling

Rubin Science Assembly - 2023-09-15 2023-10-13 - DP0.3 Notebook tutorial 03: Trans-Neptunian Objects

Rubin Science Assembly - 2024-06-27 Near-Earth objects in DP0.3

Rubin Science Assembly - 2024-07-18 - Asteroid Taxonomy with DP0.3

Rubin Science Assembly, Apr 24 2025: Solar System

Rubin Science Assembly, 12 December 2024 – Advanced plotting with DP0.3

Tutorial Session: Sbpy - Mike Kelley

[Slides can be found HERE]