# Rubin Science Assembly, Thu Apr 9 2026: The Points of Interest Broker

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**Created:** [April 6, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-apr-9-2026-the-points-of-interest-broker/11832 "2026-04-06T18:55:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-apr-9-2026-the-points-of-interest-broker/11832/1 "2026-04-06T18:55:58Z")

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All are welcome to attend the [Rubin Science Assemblies](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/events-deadlines/events-rsa): weekly virtual sessions that focus on learning to use the Rubin data products, pipelines, and services.

**Date:** Apr 9 2026, 9am Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)  
**Type:** Demonstration  
**Host:** The Points of Interest Broker Team  
**Zoom:** [Get the Zoom connection link](http://ls.st/dp0-events)

**The Points of Interest (POI) Broker** ([poibroker.uantof.cl](https://poibroker.uantof.cl/))  
This talk will introduce the POI broker and demonstrate how it can be used to access and analyze LSST alerts. Note that POI is a downstream broker, and is focused on variable stars.

[Learn more about LSST alerts and brokers](https://rubinobservatory.org/for-scientists/data-products/alerts-and-brokers).

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**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-apr-9-2026-the-points-of-interest-broker/11832/2 "2026-04-09T17:30:37Z")

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Slides: [poibroker\_demo.pdf](https://www.rubin.community/uploads/short-url/odbuHAoMgdm87El0JCWNzehIeNA.pdf) (3.4 MB)

Recording: [youtube.com/watch?v=22Nob5z-OkA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Nob5z-OkA)

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**Author:** ![LienaDreams](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/lienadreams/32/4052_2.png) [@LienaDreams](https://www.rubin.community/u/LienaDreams)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-apr-9-2026-the-points-of-interest-broker/11832/3 "2026-04-09T21:23:45Z")

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Hi Melissa and Nina, thank you for the great presentation on the POI Broker, the filtering interface looks really useful for initial alert exploration. I may have missed it, but could you share when the POI Broker is expected to start processing Rubin alerts?

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**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/rubin-science-assembly-thu-apr-9-2026-the-points-of-interest-broker/11832/4 "2026-04-09T21:41:55Z")

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On slide 14 of Nina’s deck, a ~1 month timescale is quoted for making all the updates and testing necessary to start getting LSST alerts from ANTARES, in addition to ZTF alerts.