Welcome to the LSST:UK website
As one of the largest international contributors to Rubin’s In-kind programme, LSST:UK positions the UK as a key contributor to one of the most exciting innovations in astronomy in recent years.
LSST is one of the most ambitious science projects planned for the next decade, and a key part of the astronomical landscape in the 2020s and 2030s. It will make advances over a large range of science, from potentially hazardous asteroids, through the structure of the Milky Way, to the most distant quasars, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy - all areas where UK astronomers stand poised to make leading contributions.
Originally a US project, LSST has transformed into an international one, and the UK astronomical community is playing its full part in preparation for the start of LSST operations in 2025. With support from the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC), the LSST:UK Consortium has created the LSST:UK Science Centre, a distributed team of researchers and software developers addressing the scientific and technical challenges that must be met before astronomers can make their discoveries within the multi-Petabyte dataset that LSST will produce during its ten-year sky survey.
This website will provide updates on the development, commissioning and operational phases of the telescope. Contact us for further information about the LSST project and the UK's role within it.