Visit

Observation metadata for the full focal plane (date, time, band, coordinates).

Schema: Visit table

Access

The visit table is accessible via the TAP and Butler services.

Recommended access service: TAP

TAP

• Citation: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2026); Legacy Survey of Space and Time Data Preview 2: Visit searchable catalog https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/3382544 [BibTeX]

• Table name: Visit

• Columns: 15

• Rows: 28,698

Butler

• Citation: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2026); Legacy Survey of Space and Time Data Preview 2: visit_table dataset type https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/3382543 [BibTeX]

• Dataset type: (‘visit_table’, {instrument}, ArrowAstropy)

• Format: Parquet

• Number of Butler datasets: 1

Description

A “visit” is an observation in a single filter, obtained at a given time and sky coordinate. It refers to an observation with the full focal plane, with the boresight (center) as the reference for the observational metadata (e.g., airmass).

Tutorials

See the 200-level catalog Tutorials for a notebook on the visit table.