Project Details
Description
This program is supported by Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL).
The NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to compile the deepest, widest image of the Universe at optical wavelengths ever produced. From 2025 it will conduct a ten year survey of the sky from Cerro Pachon in Chile, using a specially designed 8.4 m diameter telescope with an extremely wide field of view (3.5 degrees). While all US- and Chilean-based astronomers will have access to the annual LSST data releases, astronomers from other countries may secure access in return for in-kind contributions that expand the resources available to the US community, and add value to the LSST data products. AAL and Rubin Observatory have agreed on an Australian in-kind contributions program consisting of:
• 3 FTE for 10 years of General Pooled Software Development effort directable by Rubin Observatory, to be delivered jointly by Swinburne University of Technology and
Macquarie University;
• 1 FTE for 1 year of Dedicated Software Development effort for low surface brightness
analysis, to be delivered by Macquarie University; and
• a Lite Independent Data Access Centre (IDAC) with 576 CPU cores and 1.5 PB of
storage, to be delivered and managed jointly by Swinburne University of Technology and Macquarie University.
The NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to compile the deepest, widest image of the Universe at optical wavelengths ever produced. From 2025 it will conduct a ten year survey of the sky from Cerro Pachon in Chile, using a specially designed 8.4 m diameter telescope with an extremely wide field of view (3.5 degrees). While all US- and Chilean-based astronomers will have access to the annual LSST data releases, astronomers from other countries may secure access in return for in-kind contributions that expand the resources available to the US community, and add value to the LSST data products. AAL and Rubin Observatory have agreed on an Australian in-kind contributions program consisting of:
• 3 FTE for 10 years of General Pooled Software Development effort directable by Rubin Observatory, to be delivered jointly by Swinburne University of Technology and
Macquarie University;
• 1 FTE for 1 year of Dedicated Software Development effort for low surface brightness
analysis, to be delivered by Macquarie University; and
• a Lite Independent Data Access Centre (IDAC) with 576 CPU cores and 1.5 PB of
storage, to be delivered and managed jointly by Swinburne University of Technology and Macquarie University.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/07/23 → 30/06/26 |