Zwicky Transient Facility

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astronomical sky survey observational astronomy project time-domain survey

Zwicky Transient Facility is an astronomical sky survey project that uses a wide-field camera on the Palomar 48-inch telescope to detect and study transient and variable objects across the night sky.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Zwicky Transient Facility canonical 5
Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory 1
ZTF 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical sky survey ⓘ
observational astronomy project ⓘ
time-domain survey ⓘ
abbreviation Zwicky Transient Facility self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ZTF
collaborator DESY ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
IPAC ⓘ
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ
Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics ⓘ
surface form: Oskar Klein Centre

University of Maryland ⓘ
University of Washington ⓘ
Weizmann Institute of Science ⓘ
dataProduct alert stream ⓘ
image data ⓘ
light curves ⓘ
detects active galactic nuclei variability ⓘ
asteroids ⓘ
cataclysmic variables ⓘ
comets ⓘ
near-Earth objects ⓘ
supernovae ⓘ
tidal disruption events ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ
fieldOfView approximately 47 square degrees ⓘ
focusesOn time-domain astronomy ⓘ
fundedBy Heising-Simons Foundation ⓘ
National Science Foundation ⓘ
ZTF partner institutions ⓘ
hasFilter g-band ⓘ
i-band ⓘ
r-band ⓘ
hostCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedAt Palomar Observatory ⓘ
namedAfter Fritz Zwicky ⓘ
observatoryAltitude approximately 1700 meters ⓘ
observatoryLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
observes night sky ⓘ
operatedBy California Institute of Technology ⓘ
precursorTo Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST time-domain science ⓘ
primaryGoal detect transient astronomical events ⓘ
study variable objects ⓘ
startOfOperations around 2018 ⓘ
successorTo Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
surface form: Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory

Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
surveyArea northern sky ⓘ
surveyType optical survey ⓘ
telescopeAperture 1.2-meter ⓘ
48-inch ⓘ
usesInstrument wide-field camera ⓘ
usesTelescope Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Oschin Telescope
wavelength visible light ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
Palomar Observatory → hasTelescope → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
Palomar Observatory → conductedSurvey → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zwicky Transient Facility survey
Zwicky Transient Facility → abbreviation → Zwicky Transient Facility self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ZTF
ZTF Public Data Releases → partOf → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
ZTF Public Data Releases → associatedWith → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zwicky Transient Facility collaboration
ZTF Public Data Releases → usesInstrument → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zwicky Transient Facility camera
Palomar Transient Factory → successor → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory
Palomar Transient Factory → successor → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
Caltech Astronomy Department → affiliatedWith → Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ