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Photometric Redshifts and the NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory Survey

The DESC RAIL team is interested in your opinions! We would love to know how you want to use Photometric Redshifts in and around the Rubin Ecosystem and what could be done to help you get access to the photometric redshifts and associated software in the way that best helps your science!

To thank you for your participation, the final question of the survey will ask whether you would like to enter the draw for one of two $20 Gift Certificates. If you answer yes, you will be prompted to enter your email address. These email addresses will not be shared with third parties, and we will not send you any communication or marketing content.

If you would like to learn more about photometric redshifts in Rubin and the RAIL initiative, the RAIL paper and the RAIL documentation provide further details.
1.How interested are you in photometric redshifts for sources from the Rubin Observatory?
Not interested
Somewhat interested
Very interested
2.What is your primary scientific interest in photometric redshifts?
3.How interested are you in each of the following?
Not interested
Somewhat interested
Very interested
Generating photometric redshifts interactively (i.e., through a Jupyter notebook)
Experimenting with different photometric redshift algorithms interactively (i.e., through a Jupyter notebook)
Experimenting with different photometric redshift algorithms through scripting (i.e., via Python scripts)
Generating photometric redshifts in an automated method through scripting (i.e., via Python scripts)
Obtaining photometric redshifts for Rubin sources from pregenerated tables
Obtaining photometric redshifts for a small number of Rubin sources from an interactive web portal
4.How useful are each of the following to you when developing familiarity with a scientific code?
Not helpful at all
Somewhat helpful
Very helpful
Jupyter notebook tutorials
Video tutorials
Specific worked examples in documentation (cookbook)
Written primer/overview of the system
API documentation
Talking to the developers/experts
5.Do you have any other comments/feedback about using photometric redshifts or the RAIL (Redshift Assessment Infrastructure Layers) code?
6.Which of the following best describes your current position?
7.What DESC working groups are you a part of, if any?
8.If you would like to enter the draw, please enter your email here. We will be notifying the winners by the end of November 2025. Your e-mail address will not be associated with your survey responses.