Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LSST
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	international scientific community
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory
gptkbp:duration	10 years
gptkbp:expectedDiscoveries	millions of asteroids millions of supernovae transient astronomical events tens of billions of galaxies
gptkbp:fieldOfView	9.6 square degrees
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Department_of_Energy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:goal	create a deep, multi-color movie of the sky study dark matter and dark energy catalogue asteroids and transient objects map the entire visible sky every few nights
gptkbp:instrument	gptkb:Simonyi_Survey_Telescope
gptkbp:location	Cerro Pachón, Chile
gptkbp:mainCamera	gptkb:LSST_Camera
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Vera_C._Rubin
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes	~20 terabytes per night
gptkbp:releaseDate	annual public data releases
gptkbp:startDate	expected 2025
gptkbp:totalDataVolume	~60 petabytes over 10 years
gptkbp:type	wide-field survey time-domain survey
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	near-infrared optical
gptkbp:website	https://www.lsst.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:wide-fast-deep_survey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time