
A non-profit corporation, the LSST Corporation, has been set up to manage the collaboration of over 100 scientists and engineers, and to raise private and agency funding. The LSST Project is a collaboration of a number of national labs and organizations.
If you would like to be a part of this new voyage of discovery and help us fund the LSST Project, please contact the LSST Corporation.
If your scientific interests include LSST, consider joining or forming a Science Working Group.
The LSST will provide unprecedented 3-dimensional maps of the mass distribution in the Universe, in addition to the traditional images of luminous stars and galaxies. These mass maps can be used to better understand the nature of the newly discovered and utterly mysterious Dark Energy that is driving the accelerating expansion of the Universe. The LSST will also provide a comprehensive census of our solar system, including potentially hazardous asteroids as small as 100 meters in size. Finally, LSST's rapid scans of the sky will open the "time window", searching for faint bursts of light. Click here to view the Exposure Time Calculator. Find out more from the LSST Community Science Input and Participation page.
More details can be found on this very important project at the LSST website.