RTN-011 v6.0: Rubin Plans for an Early Science Program

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A new version of RTN-011, v6.0 has been tagged and uploaded to zenodo. The document should be cited using same all-version DOI as before 10.5281/zenodo.5683848 . See also https://rtn-011.lsst.io/ for the latest issue of RTN-011.

This major release contains updates relating primarily to DP1:

  • A brief summary of the ComCam on sky observing, completed on 2024-12-11, and how it relates to DP1;
  • Details of plans to release DP1 as soon as possible following the Rubin First Look media event, and not before 2025-06-10;
  • Details of the DP1 data products, including a commitment to deliver DRP Coadded Images and Object Catalogs;
  • Details of new RSP functionality that can be expected at the time DP1 is released;
  • A revision of the Alert Production section. A new major release of RTN-011 with more details on the ramp up of Alert Production and the Prompt data products will be issued in a few months, before the release of the first Rubin alerts.

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RTN-011 v6.0: Rubin Plans for Early Science
Updating the data release/preview schedule in the RTN-011 with the latest estimated timelines
#2

Thanks for posting the report! I noticed in Fig 3 that there are large white gaps in 47 Tuc and Fornax dSph. What are those from? Does that mean those parts were unable to be processed?

#3

Yes, that’s correct. 47 Tuc is a dense globular cluster and the centre of Fornax dSp. is a crowded field. We’re still commissioning the pipelines in crowded fields. For DP1, any processing of crowded fields is on a best effort basis.

#4

Thanks. Did these fields raise errors in the normal pipeline, were they too computationally expensive with the normal pipeline, or were they skipped for now for some other reason?