How to cite Data Preview 1

How to cite Rubin Observatory.

When citing this data release please reference the data release paper: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2025); The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1 https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2570536.

For AAS publications please refer to the facility as “Rubin:Simonyi” and for DP1 use “Rubin:Simonyi (LSSTComCam)”. The Minor Planet Center has allocated the telescope code X05.

The instrument itself can be formally cited as

Citation: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2024); LSST Commissioning Camera https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2561361

and that page includes additional references describing the camera.

When asked to cite the DP1 dataset as a whole please use:

Citation: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2025); Legacy Survey of Space and Time Data Preview 1 https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2570308

If you only use a specific subset, such as only querying the Objects catalog or only using the deep coadd images, you may cite the DOI explicitly assigned to that subset. Each individual page in Data products includes the relevant DOI.