Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Entering the Era of Petascale Optical Astronomy

Speaker: Mario Juric, LSST Group Abstract: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Entering the Era of Petascale Optical Astronomy The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is a planned, largeaperture, widefield, groundbased telescope that will survey half the sky every few nights in six optical bands from 320 to 1050 nm. It will explore a wide range of astrophysical questions, ranging from discovering killer asteroids, to examining the nature of dark