Abstract: In 2026 the new Rubin Observatory opens its dome and begins the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) with the world’s largest digital camera. Over 10 years, the LSST will repeatedly image the entire southern sky in six color filters, capturing moving and variable objects while also building the largest, deepest map of our Milky Way and the Universe beyond. In this talk, I’ll provide an overview of the design of the telescope, camera, and survey; the image processing pipelines and data delivery services; the user support and public engagement initiatives; and the wide variety of science goals to be achieved by the global astronomical community.
About Speaker: Dr. Graham is a research staff scientist in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle WA USA. She has worked with the Rubin Observatory and its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) for 10 years, and is currently Rubin’s Lead Community Scientist. Her main research focus is supernovae, especially those of Type Ia.