Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21346903o&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #469.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.418
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is an ambitious survey aimed at studying the transient sky at visible-light wavelengths. Equipped with a 7.8 square degree camera, the Palomar 48" telescope will be able to observe a large fraction of the sky each night, to limiting magnitude of 21. The PTF will conduct several experiments: (i) A 8000 square deg footprint survey with 5 day cadence, aimed at finding a large number of supernovae; (ii) A study of the relatively unexplored phase-space of fast transients with time scales smaller than several hours; (iii) One month continuous monitoring of the Orion star formation region; and (iv) an All-sky H alpha survey. The PTF scheduling is optimized toward an efficient rejection of solar-system objects, finding young supernovae, and finding new classes of transients with short time scales.
Ofek Eran
PTF Collaboration
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