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A few times a century, a core collapse supernova (CCSN) occurs in our galaxy.When such galactic CCSNe happen, over 99\% of its gravitational binding energyis released in the form of neutrinos. Over a period of tens of seconds, apowerful neutrino flux is emitted from the collapsing star. When the explodingshock wave finally reaches the surface of the star, optical photons escapingthe expanding stellar envelope leave the star and eventually arrive at Earth asa visible brightening. Crucially, although the neutrino signal is prompt, thetime to the shock wave breakout can be minutes to many hours later. This meansthat the neutrino signal will serve as an alert, warning the optical astronomycommunity the light from the explosion is coming. Quickly identifying thelocation of the supernova on the sky and disseminating it to the all availableground and spaced-based instruments will be critical to learn as much aspossible about the event. Some neutrino experiments can report pointinginformation for these galactic CCSNe. In particular, the Super-Kamiokandeexperiment can point to a few degrees for CCSNe near the center of our galaxy.A CCSN located 10 kpc from Earth is expected to result in a pointing resolutionon the order of 3 degrees. LSST's field of view (FOV) is well matched to thisinitial search box. LSSTs depth is also uniquely suited for identifying CCSNeeven if they fail or are obscured by the dust of the galactic plane. This is aproposal to, upon receipt of such an alert, prioritize the use of LSST for afull day of observing to continuously monitor a pre-identified region of skyand, by using difference imaging, identify and announce the location of thesupernova.

LSST Target of Opportunity proposal for locating a core collapse supernova in our galaxy triggered by a neutrino supernova alert