From 698236a2ad7cce1d2e55c7c30643777598f2a775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jeffcarlin Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:22:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add portal welcome page --- welcome/welcome_portal.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 welcome/welcome_portal.md diff --git a/welcome/welcome_portal.md b/welcome/welcome_portal.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..993e005 --- /dev/null +++ b/welcome/welcome_portal.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Rubin logo + +# Welcome to the Rubin Science Platform Portal Aspect + +The [Rubin Science Platform](https://data.lsst.cloud/) Portal Aspect provides you the means to interactively browse, display, and make simple plots based on Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) data products in a web browser. + +### How to use the Portal +Click on one of the tabs that are displayed across the top of the Portal window. There are tabs with the following functionalities: +* **Catalogs**: query catalog data products, either via an interactive GUI, or with ADQL queries +* **Images**: search for images, including Rubin data as well as images from the IRSA archives +* **HiPS**: find [HiPS](https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/) (Hierarchical Progressive Survey) images created from the Rubin deep coadd images +* **Multi-archive TAP**: execute ADQL queries to retrieve catalogs from external (non-Rubin) TAP tables +* **Upload**: upload your own tables, which can then be joined with Rubin catalogs +* **Job Monitor**: check the status of your executed queries, see the actual query and information about the results (for completed queries) +* **Results**: see the catalogs and/or images resulting from your executed queries, and interact with them. The image viewer and interactive plotting tools are based on [Firefly](https://data-int.lsst.cloud/portal/app/onlinehelp/), which is built by [IPAC](http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/). + +At the upper left corner of the screen, a "hamburger menu" (with an icon consisting of three horizontal lines) can be clicked to reveal additional tabs that may be opened, and to hide tabs that currently appear. + +### Recent data releases available +* [Data Preview 1 (DP1) website and documentation](https://dp1.lsst.io/) +* [Data Preview 0 (DP0) website and documentation](https://dp0.lsst.io/) + +### Resources +* **Having issues?** Ask at the [Community Forum](https://community.lsst.org/) +* [Rubin Science Platform (RSP) documentation](https://rsp.lsst.io/) +* [Firefly documentation](https://data-int.lsst.cloud/portal/app/onlinehelp/) +* [Rubin Observatory website](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists) +* [LSST Science Pipelines documentation](https://pipelines.lsst.io/) +* [Notebook tutorials github repo](https://github.com/lsst/tutorial-notebooks/) + +### Data policies +Only Rubin data rights holders may have an account in the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) and access to Data Preview 1 data products. 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](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/data-products/data-policy). + +Details can be found in the Rubin Data Policy document, linked at the top of the page linked above. Questions are welcome in the Support category of the Rubin Community Forum. + +### How to cite Rubin Observatory + +**Citing Data Preview 1**: Publications based on the DP1 data products must cite the DP1 paper and use the DOIs for the relevant data products. [Learn more about how to cite Data Preview 1](https://dp1.lsst.io/citedp1.html). + +**Citing tutorials**: Publications that made use of the tutorials can cite the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (2025), "Rubin Observatory LSST Tutorials", using [doi.org/10.11578/rubin/dc.20250909.20](http://doi.org/10.11578/rubin/dc.20250909.20). + +**General:** [Learn more about citing other Rubin Observatory resources](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/documentation/cite). + +--- +*Last Updated: January 2026* From b20253e81dae5ad5fa211ece082a837ab1c5c604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jeffcarlin Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 18:54:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update portal welcome page --- welcome/welcome_portal.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/welcome/welcome_portal.md b/welcome/welcome_portal.md index 993e005..2913654 100644 --- a/welcome/welcome_portal.md +++ b/welcome/welcome_portal.md @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ Rubin logo +Help? Resources? # Welcome to the Rubin Science Platform Portal Aspect -The [Rubin Science Platform](https://data.lsst.cloud/) Portal Aspect provides you the means to interactively browse, display, and make simple plots based on Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) data products in a web browser. +The [Rubin Science Platform](https://rsp.lsst.io/) Portal Aspect (see the [User Guide](https://rsp.lsst.io/guides/portal/using-the-portal/index.html)) provides you the means to interactively browse, display, and make simple plots based on Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) data products in a web browser. ### How to use the Portal Click on one of the tabs that are displayed across the top of the Portal window. There are tabs with the following functionalities: +PUT THIS STUFF IN THE USER GUIDE! * **Catalogs**: query catalog data products, either via an interactive GUI, or with ADQL queries * **Images**: search for images, including Rubin data as well as images from the IRSA archives * **HiPS**: find [HiPS](https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/) (Hierarchical Progressive Survey) images created from the Rubin deep coadd images @@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ Click on one of the tabs that are displayed across the top of the Portal window. At the upper left corner of the screen, a "hamburger menu" (with an icon consisting of three horizontal lines) can be clicked to reveal additional tabs that may be opened, and to hide tabs that currently appear. +Link to tutorials (at dp1.lsst.io), rsp.lsst.io + ### Recent data releases available * [Data Preview 1 (DP1) website and documentation](https://dp1.lsst.io/) * [Data Preview 0 (DP0) website and documentation](https://dp0.lsst.io/) From 66e7ccdde39adfada4d1d5dd94b807526127ef0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jeffcarlin Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:38:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add links to user guide --- welcome/welcome_portal.md | 25 ++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/welcome/welcome_portal.md b/welcome/welcome_portal.md index 2913654..a189921 100644 --- a/welcome/welcome_portal.md +++ b/welcome/welcome_portal.md @@ -1,28 +1,19 @@ Rubin logo -Help? Resources? -# Welcome to the Rubin Science Platform Portal Aspect +# Rubin Science Platform Portal Resources -The [Rubin Science Platform](https://rsp.lsst.io/) Portal Aspect (see the [User Guide](https://rsp.lsst.io/guides/portal/using-the-portal/index.html)) provides you the means to interactively browse, display, and make simple plots based on Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) data products in a web browser. +The [Rubin Science Platform](https://rsp.lsst.io/) Portal Aspect provides you the means to interactively browse, display, and make simple plots based on Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) data products in a web browser. ### How to use the Portal -Click on one of the tabs that are displayed across the top of the Portal window. There are tabs with the following functionalities: -PUT THIS STUFF IN THE USER GUIDE! -* **Catalogs**: query catalog data products, either via an interactive GUI, or with ADQL queries -* **Images**: search for images, including Rubin data as well as images from the IRSA archives -* **HiPS**: find [HiPS](https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/) (Hierarchical Progressive Survey) images created from the Rubin deep coadd images -* **Multi-archive TAP**: execute ADQL queries to retrieve catalogs from external (non-Rubin) TAP tables -* **Upload**: upload your own tables, which can then be joined with Rubin catalogs -* **Job Monitor**: check the status of your executed queries, see the actual query and information about the results (for completed queries) -* **Results**: see the catalogs and/or images resulting from your executed queries, and interact with them. The image viewer and interactive plotting tools are based on [Firefly](https://data-int.lsst.cloud/portal/app/onlinehelp/), which is built by [IPAC](http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/). - -At the upper left corner of the screen, a "hamburger menu" (with an icon consisting of three horizontal lines) can be clicked to reveal additional tabs that may be opened, and to hide tabs that currently appear. - -Link to tutorials (at dp1.lsst.io), rsp.lsst.io +* [Portal overview](https://rsp.lsst.io/guides/portal/index.html) +* [Portal User Guide](https://rsp.lsst.io/guides/portal/using-the-portal/index.html) ### Recent data releases available * [Data Preview 1 (DP1) website and documentation](https://dp1.lsst.io/) + * [DP1 Portal tutorials](https://dp1.lsst.io/tutorials/portal/index.html) * [Data Preview 0 (DP0) website and documentation](https://dp0.lsst.io/) + * [DP0.2 Portal tutorials](https://dp0-2.lsst.io/tutorials-examples/index.html#portal-tutorials) + * [DP0.3 Portal tutorials](https://dp0-3.lsst.io/tutorials-dp0-3/index.html#portal-tutorials) ### Resources * **Having issues?** Ask at the [Community Forum](https://community.lsst.org/) @@ -46,4 +37,4 @@ Details can be found in the Rubin Data Policy document, linked at the top of the **General:** [Learn more about citing other Rubin Observatory resources](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/documentation/cite). --- -*Last Updated: January 2026* +*Last Updated: February 2026*