[Astro] Fw: NAM2025 reminder: Rubin/LSST early science in 2025

[Garreth Martin]

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From: LSST:UK Announcements <LUSC-ANNOUNCE at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Graham Smith <gps at STAR.SR.BHAM.AC.UK>
Sent: 26 March 2025 10:45
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Subject: NAM2025 reminder: Rubin/LSST early science in 2025

Dear colleagues

The first release of on-sky Rubin/LSST data to data rights holders, including members of LSST:UK, is scheduled for July 2025, approximately coincident with NAM2025 in Durham.

This is therefore the perfect time to join the Rubin/LSST NAM sessions, especially if you are new to Rubin/LSST and/or excited about doing some early science!

This Rubin/LSST NAM sessions aim to support/enable participation in early science, and encourage people to get involved. The lunch session is organised by and dedicated to Early Career Researchers.

Enabling early science with Rubin LSST in 2025: Parallel sessions (#62)
LSST and LSST:UK for Early Career Researchers: Lunch session (#93)

The abstract submission deadline is March 30th via the NAM2025 website.
https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/program
https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abstracts

We welcome abstract submissions for both parallel and lunch sessions on a broad range of topics, including Rubin/LSST preparations in the community, and plans/ideas for Rubin/LSST science, including early science.

The sessions will also include practical information, training, and help from established members of the LSST:UK community. The abstracts of the sessions themselves are below.

Best regards

Graham Smith, LSST:UK Project Scientist

On behalf of the organisers: Steve Ardern, Astha, Michelle Collins, Thomas Cornish, Suhail Dhawan, Dimple, Paul Giles, Chris Lintott, Bob Mann, Garreth Martin, Steph Merritt, Mahdieh Navabi, Clara Pennock, Ana Sainz de Murieta, Jason Sanders, Matthew Temple, Roy Williams, Jacco van Loon

More information about LSST:UK and how to get involved: https://www.lsst.ac.uk/  lsst-uk.atlassian.net<http://lsst-uk.atlassian.net>

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LSST and LSST:UK for Early Career Researchers: Lunch session (#93)

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. Abstract submissions are encouraged from early career researchers.


Enabling early science with Rubin LSST in 2025: Parallel sessions (#62)

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.

In addition to the parallel session there is also a lunchtime session. We aim to encourage and enable the widest possible participation and engagement with the early data, with a particular focus on early career researchers.

We aim for a balance between five themes, across these five sessions:
o Introduction: Rubin/LSST, LSST:UK, and the international Science Collaborations
o Early career science: plans for early and future science with the Rubin data
o Tutorials and examples: how to access, filter, and manipulate Rubin data
o Community insights: technical and scientific preparations by LSST:UK researchers
o Engagement: an introduction to the LSST:UK engagement programme

In addition to talks from across the community, the sessions will include training, Q+A for early career researchers, a hack session, and a facilitated discussion.



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