Rubin Science Platform Documentation

The Rubin Science Platform is an online service that enables you to access and analyze Rubin LSST data. This documentation will help you set up your user account and work with the Rubin Science Platform’s software and services.

Important

This documentation covers the Rubin Science Platform at the Tucson Teststand, an environment for Rubin Observatory staff. For DP0, please use the documentation for the data.lsst.cloud.

Sign up for an account

Learn how to request an account and log in.

Getting an account on the RSP

User guides

Learn how to use the Rubin Science Platform’s portal, notebook, and API services.

Rubin Science Platform Guides

Support

Get additional help with the Rubin Science Platform and related Rubin Observatory projects.

Getting help

Related documentation

• Data Preview 0.2 — Learn about the DESC DC2 simulated dataset and get tutorials for analyzing data with the Rubin Science Platform.

• LSST Science Pipelines — Learn about the Rubin LSST’s Python data processing, measurement, and access software, which you can use from the Rubin Science Platform.