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LSST has started!

The LSST survey is officially underway, opening a new era of discovery across the dynamic sky.

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)

Events and deadlines

Upcoming Rubin-related events and deadlines for scientists and students.

See events and deadlines.

Coming soon in 2026

Early Data Preview 2 (EDP2) release date: Jul 27 2026. Later in 2026, the Prompt Products Database (PPDB), promptly-processed images and source catalogs, and the completion of DP2 are all planned for release.

Read more about the Early Science Program timeline.

Data now available

Alerts are now streaming to brokers, moving objects are available via the Minor Planet Center, and LSSTComCam observations are available as Data Preview 1 via the Rubin Science Platform.

See all recent data releases.

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See all resources for scientists.

Survey, instruments, and telescopes

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Read more about the survey, instruments, telescopes, and site.

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Learn about the data products, pipelines, and services.

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See all documentation materials.

LSST Science Collaborations

Independent, worldwide communities of scientists, self-organized into collaborations based on their research interests and expertise. New members are welcome.

  • Galaxies Science Collaboration

  • Stars, Milky Way, and Local Volume Science Collaboration

  • Solar System Science Collaboration (SSSC)

  • Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC)

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  • Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration

  • Strong Lensing Science Collaboration (SLSC)

  • Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration

Learn more about the LSST Science Collaborations.

Committees and teams

  • Science Advisory Committee (SAC)
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  • Users Committee (UC)
See all committees and teams.

Create a citizen science project

Harness the power of the crowd by creating a citizen science project based on Rubin data, hosted on the Zooniverse platform, and manage it all Rubin's custom pipeline and tools for citizen science.

Learn more about running citizen science projects.

Glossary and Acronyms

Look up Rubin-related terms and acronyms in English and Spanish.

Rubin Glossary and Acronyms

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