Legacy Survey of Space and Time

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astronomical survey time-domain survey wide-field imaging survey

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time is a decade-long, wide-field astronomical survey designed to map the dynamic sky in unprecedented detail, enabling major advances in cosmology, dark matter and dark energy studies, and time-domain astrophysics.

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Legacy Survey of Space and Time canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey ⓘ
time-domain survey ⓘ
wide-field imaging survey ⓘ
abbreviation Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
surface form: LSST
cadence repeated observations of the same fields over 10 years ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
dataAccess Rubin Science Platform ⓘ
dataPolicy public data release ⓘ
dataProduct deep coadded images ⓘ
multi-epoch imaging ⓘ
object catalogs ⓘ
time-series photometry ⓘ
enables Type Ia supernova cosmology ⓘ
baryon acoustic oscillation studies ⓘ
near-Earth object discovery ⓘ
variable star studies ⓘ
weak gravitational lensing measurements ⓘ
expectedAlertRate millions of alerts per night ⓘ
expectedDataVolume tens of petabytes ⓘ
filterBand g ⓘ
i ⓘ
r ⓘ
u ⓘ
y ⓘ
z ⓘ
hostFacility Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
location Cerro Pachón ⓘ
surface form: Cerro Pachón, Chile
mainGoal explore the transient and variable sky ⓘ
inventory the Solar System ⓘ
map the Milky Way ⓘ
study dark energy ⓘ
study dark matter ⓘ
originalName Large Synoptic Survey Telescope survey ⓘ
partOf Vera C. Rubin Observatory ⓘ
primaryInstrument LSST Camera ⓘ
renamedWith Vera C. Rubin Observatory naming ⓘ
scienceTheme Milky Way structure ⓘ
Solar System small bodies ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
galaxy evolution ⓘ
time-domain astrophysics ⓘ
skyCoverage approximately 18,000 square degrees ⓘ
most of the southern sky ⓘ
sponsor National Science Foundation ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
startPlanned mid-2020s ⓘ
surveyDuration 10 years ⓘ
telescopeUsed Simonyi Survey Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Rubin Observatory 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory → mainSurvey → Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ
Dark Energy Survey → relatedProject → Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ
Simonyi Survey Telescope → scienceProgram → Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ
LSST Camera → designedFor → Legacy Survey of Space and Time ⓘ