Palomar Transient Factory

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astronomical survey project sky survey time-domain survey

The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.

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Label Occurrences
Palomar Transient Factory canonical 3
Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory 1
Palomar Transient Factory survey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey project ⓘ
sky survey ⓘ
time-domain survey ⓘ
collaborationType international collaboration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataProcessing automated image subtraction ⓘ
real-time transient detection pipeline ⓘ
dataProduct calibrated images ⓘ
light curves ⓘ
time-series photometry ⓘ
transient alerts ⓘ
dataUsage AGN variability studies ⓘ
Galactic variable star studies ⓘ
near-Earth object characterization ⓘ
supernova cosmology ⓘ
fieldOfView wide-field imaging ⓘ
hostInstitution California Institute of Technology ⓘ
location Palomar Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Palomar Mountain, California
notableResult characterization of luminous red novae ⓘ
constraints on supernova rates ⓘ
discovery of core-collapse supernovae ⓘ
discovery of fast-evolving luminous transients ⓘ
discovery of numerous Type Ia supernovae ⓘ
discovery of rare and peculiar transients ⓘ
studies of shock breakout in supernovae ⓘ
observatoryUsed Palomar Observatory ⓘ
primaryGoal search for optical transients ⓘ
researchFocus active galactic nuclei variability ⓘ
asteroids ⓘ
cataclysmic variables ⓘ
optical counterparts to high-energy sources ⓘ
short-lived cosmic events ⓘ
supernovae ⓘ
trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ
scientificDiscipline astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
time-domain astronomy ⓘ
skyCoverage large fraction of the northern sky ⓘ
successor Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
surface form: Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory

Zwicky Transient Facility ⓘ
surveyType synoptic survey ⓘ
wide-field survey ⓘ
telescopeAperture 1.2-meter ⓘ
48-inch ⓘ
telescopeUsed Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Oschin Telescope
timeCoverage multi-epoch observations of the same fields ⓘ
usesInstrument CFH12K mosaic camera (reused as PTF camera) ⓘ
wavelength optical ⓘ

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

NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
Palomar Observatory → hasTelescope → Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
Palomar Observatory → conductedSurvey → Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palomar Transient Factory survey
Zwicky Transient Facility → successorTo → Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
Zwicky Transient Facility → successorTo → Palomar Transient Factory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory