Rubin Observatory Construction Status Update – Zeljko Ivezic

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the first project to be undertaken at the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will be the most comprehensive optical astronomical sky survey ever undertaken. Starting next year, Rubin Observatory will obtain panoramic images covering the sky visible from its location in Chile every clear night for ten years. I will briefly describe scientific goals behind this project, show lots of pretty pictures to illustrate the progress of its construction, and finish with a discussion of data analysis challenges that need to be tackled to make the best use of the massive and complex LSST dataset.