Rubin Science Platform Guides

Learn how to use the Rubin Science Platform for exploring LSST data.

Getting started

Getting started

If you’re new to the Rubin Science Platform at the Rubin USDF (Dev), get your account and learn the basics with these step-by-step guides.

Get started on the Rubin Science Platform

Accounts & authentication

Authentication

Learn how to set up and use tokens to access the Rubin Science Platform and its services.

Authentication

Aspects

The Rubin Science Platform is a collection of inter-connected aspects that enable you to discover and analyze data.

Portal

The Portal Aspect is a powerful graphical interface in your web browser for querying and visualizing Rubin catalogs and images.

Portal aspect
Notebooks

The Notebook Aspect enables you to run Jupyter Notebooks and scripts to analyze Rubin data with your own code.

Notebook aspect
API

The API Aspect connects you to Rubin data, from within the Rubin Science Platform and beyond. It is based on IVOA Virtual Observatory standards.

API aspect

Applications

Times Square

Times Square lets you share Jupyter Notebooks as linkable web pages. You can parameterize those notebooks for users to see results for different inputs. Times Square is great for sharing reports and analyses.

Times Square