# Rubin Science Platform documentation Find documentation for Rubin Observatory data, science platform services, and software.

## Data documentation ### GaiaXCatwise Table of counterpart associations between Gaia DR3 and CatWISE2020. Uses probabilistic cross-match algorithms as described by Wilson & Naylor (MNRAS, 2017, 2018a,b) and Wilson (RNAAS, 2022). Sources are returned either as a pairing, in which the Gaia and WISE objects are the same astrophysical source detected twice, or as non-matches, with that particular object in one of the catalogues having a corresponding flux upper limits in the opposing catalogue, and entries include various pieces of metadata such as the probability of the match/non-match, likelihood of match on purely position or brightness grounds, and information on the level to which objects suffer contamination due to hidden and unresolved background sources. ### VISTA-HSC The VISTA-HSC fused dataset is designed to deliver pixel-matched images and multiband catalogues through the integration of data from the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) in the near-infrared and the Hyper SuprimeCam (HSC) in the optical range. The LSST pipelines will handle the CCD processing of VISTA images, while the calibrated exposures from the final HSC PDR3 will be employed for merging with VISTA. This comprehensive dataset encompasses multiple VISTA surveys, with varying depths.

## Platform and software documentation ### Phalanx The configuration repository for Rubin's Kubernetes deployments. ### Rubin Science Platform The Notebook aspect is a powerful data analysis environment with Jupyter Notebooks and terminals in the browser. Documentation for the Rubin Science Platform, including account set up, portal, notebooks, and API aspects. ### Portal The Portal enables you to explore LSST image and table data in your browser. ### LSST Science Pipelines The Science Pipelines include the Butler for accessing LSST data and a pipeline framework for processing data. The LSST Science Pipelines Python package is preinstalled in the Notebook aspect.

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