Overview of the LSST Observatory System

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Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21346001s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #460.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.366

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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is a large aperture, wide-field, ground-based telescope that will survey half the sky every few nights in six visible bands. The etendue of the LSST system (an optical measure of the information gathering capability) is over 320 m2/deg2 and is far greater than any other telescope. The LSST system provides an end-to-end astronomical survey facility to acquire process, analyze, catalog, and preserve the world's largest database of optical astronomical data. LSST will also open the time domain for studies of transient and moving objects. Multiple Data Access Centers will be strategically located to provide the user community with high-speed, open access to the many Petabytes of new information generated each year of the planned ten year survey. Scheduled to have first telescope light in early 2014, the LSST Observatory will be sited atop Cerro Pachón in Northern Chile. All three of the large mirrors required for the LSST are currently in production.

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