UK Involvement in LSST: Phase B (Southampton component)

Lead Research Organisation: University of Southampton
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

See summary section linked to grant V2809302:

Lead document with Professor RG Mann
Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Department: Sch of Physics and Astronomy

Funding for this work package of the original grant was awarded to Dr. Banerji while she was at the University of Cambridge. A new submission is being made from the University of Southampton so part of the already awarded grant funding can be transferred between the research institutes.

Publications

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Temple M (2021) Modelling type 1 quasar colours in the era of Rubin and Euclid in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

 
Title Adaptation of Rubin software stack to process VISTA pixel data 
Description We are adapting the LSST Rubin software stack to process pixel data generated by other astronomical surveys e.g. the ESO VISTA Public Surveys 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The algorithm makes the Rubin software stack more flexible and enables it to jointly process astronomical imaging data collected using different cameras and telescopes. 
URL https://github.com/lsst-uk/obs_vista
 
Description Vera C. Rubin Observatory 
Organisation Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)
Department Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution We are delivering an in-kind software development and dataset contribution to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project - namely a pipeline to combine LSST data with near infrared data from the VISTA telescope.
Collaborator Contribution The LSST AGN and Galaxies Science Collaborations are providing scientific input on the LSST-VISTA data products and NOIRLab are recipients of the resulting dataset.
Impact LSST-VISTA Data Fusion Pipeline HSC-VISTA Dataset Contribution
Start Year 2020