Rubin Observatory Begins Legacy Survey of Space and Time
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- The LSST has started!Rubin Observatory LSST Community forum · Dear all, On behalf of the entire Rubin team, we are delighted to tell you that the Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun! This is a major milestone for Rubin, one that has been reached thanks to an enormous amount of painstaking work by the observatory staff including our in-kind partners and collaborators, and a large amount of dedicated planning, input and feedback from the LSST science community. Many congratulations and a huge thank you to you all. Here’s a brief summary of what has p...
