Kickstarter Colloquia

This series of colloquia showcases results and researchers from many teams working to prepare for all aspects of LSST. All of the colloquia were held online.

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DateColloquium title and speakersLink to recording
Oct 3, 2022 Trailblazer: An Open Data Repository for Satellite-Streaked Images
By Meredith Rawls and Dino Bektesevic
Slide deck
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Detection vs interpretation, kilonovae with LSST
By Fabio Ragosta
Oct 11, 2022 Occultin - An Interface for the Reduction of Stellar Occultations Data Based on SORA
By G. Benedetti-Rossi
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Kilonovae with Rubin: From Alerts to Science
By Tomas Ahumada
The Effect of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Filter and Return Time Selections on Kilonova Detectability
By Cristina Andrade
Oct 17, 2022 Building a Diverse Generation of Rubin Scientists: a pilot program
By Antonino Cucchiara
Slide deck
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Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Detectability with Vera C. Rubin Observatory
By Luis Salazar-Manzano
RR Lyrae in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies
By Kenneth Carrell
Nov 14, 2022 Counts, Colors, Kinematics and Ages for Ultracool Dwarfs with HST surveys and the Vera Rubin Observatory
By Christian Aganze
Nov 16, 2022 Young stellar objects and their variability with Rubin LSST: combining observations and 3D models for a more inclusive Science
By Laura Venuti and Sabina Ustamujic
Nov 17, 2022 A Survey Simulator for Solar System Science with the LSST
By Steph Merritt and Grigori Fedorets
Dec 1, 2022 Characterization of tidal debris around the bulge Globular Clusters NGC 6569, BH 261 and Patchick 99
By Andrea Kunder, Joanne Hughes, Kristen Larson, Katie Devine, Mike Rivet, Evan Butler
Dec 5, 2022 Solar System Small Body Dynamical Characterization in the LSST Era
By Kat Volk
PulsationStarRecovery metric for LSST data
By Vittorio Braga
Dec 6, 2022 Discovering Stellar Systems in and around the Milky Way with LSST data
Adriano Pieres, Ana Clara de Paula Moreira, Raslan Oliveira Ribeiro, Rocío Milagros
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The impact of LSST cadence on eclipsing binary science
Andrej Prsa
Presentation slides
Tarball of datafiles
Jupyter Notebook of analysis
Dec 8, 2022 Making it easier to install, use, validate, and compare orbit-fitting software packages
Sarah Greenstreet, Joachim Moeyens, Aidan Berres, Aditi Chauhan
Dec 12, 2022 Spectroscopic target prioritisation with AAS2RTO: Automated Alert Stream to Real Time Observation Algorithm
By Aidan Sedgewick
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Probabilistic estimation of photometric redshifts
By Jacob Osman Hjortlund
Dec 14, 2022 The Blanco DECam Bulge Survey: A Rubin Crowded field Pathfinder project on DECam
By R. Michael Rich
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Stellar variability with Rubin-LSST
By Matteo Monelli
Jan 16, 2023 The Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration Roadmap Outlined
By Kelly Hambleton
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The Impact of Satellite Constellations on Solar System Science with LSST
By Siegfried Eggl
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Regional storage support for LSST related science
By Saša Simić
Jan 25, 2023 Rubin Rhapsodies: Sonification of LSST Data for Enhanced Data Exploration and Accessibility
By Riley Clarke, Federica Bianco, Jendaya Wells, Christine Limb
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The LSST Ecosystem - LSSTC - Helping Scientists use Rubin’s LSST
By Beth Willman, Jeno Sokolowski