Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 (DP2)

Release date: TBD (Jul-Sep 2026)

Important

Data Preview 2 has not yet been released. This website is currently under development.

Data Preview 2 contains image and catalog products from Rubin Science Pipelines v30 processing of observations obtained with the LSST Camera.

Dataset Citation: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2026); Legacy Survey of Space and Time Data Preview 2 <doi-tbd> [BibTeX]. To be used when citing the DP2 dataset and this documentation (the link is self-referential).

Data Policy: Only Rubin data rights holders may have an account in the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) and access to Data Preview 2. All scientists and students in the US and Chile, plus named members of international in-kind teams, have Rubin data rights. Learn more about the Rubin data policy.

Overview

General information about the observations that comprise the dataset.

• Overview

Data products

Descriptions and schema for the images and catalogs.

• Data products

Data processing

Summaries of the data processing steps that generated the data products.

• Data processing

Data access

Services and tools for data access.

• Data access

Tutorials

Tutorials demonstrating how to access and analyze the data products.

• Tutorials

Citing DP2

How to cite Rubin Observatory and Data Preview 2.

• How to cite DP2