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RTN-098: Target-of-Opportunity Operations During the Science Verification Surveys

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We describe the technical implementation of the Rubin Target-of-Opportunity system, the workflow during the early commissioning and science verification period, the responses to real and mock alerts, and lessons learned.

Research Organization:
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
3010894
Report Number(s):
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Technical Note RTN-098
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

The DECADE cosmic shear project I: A new weak lensing shape catalog of 107 million galaxies journal October 2025
The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2 journal July 2021
The DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey Data Release 2 journal August 2022
Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program preprint January 2024
PSTN-056: Survey Cadence Optimization Committee's Phase 3 Recommendations dataset January 2025

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