Speaker
Dr
Felice Cusano
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Description
The advent of the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will produce an unprecedented stream of transient and variable sources requiring rapid photometric follow-up. The VLT Survey Telescope (VST), with its wide field of view and imaging capabilities, is well suited to play a key role in this effort. In the context of the INAF in-kind contribution S18 to the Rubin Observatory, we explore the potential of VST as a facility for LSST follow-up observations. I will present the observing strategy and the level of interest from the community, including the number of proposals submitted in response to the recent NOIRLab call.
Author
Dr
Felice Cusano
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))