Pan-STARRS survey

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The Pan-STARRS survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project designed to systematically map the sky and detect transient and moving objects, as well as large-scale structures in the Milky Way and beyond.

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instanceOf astronomical survey
abbreviation Pan-STARRS NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataCoverage 3π steradians of the sky
dataProduct difference images
source catalogs
stacked images
dataRelease PS1 DR1 NERFINISHED
PS1 DR2 NERFINISHED
Pan-STARRS1 3π Steradian Survey NERFINISHED
Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey NERFINISHED
dataType multi-band photometry
multi-epoch imaging
fieldOfView 7 square degrees
filterSystem gP1
iP1
rP1
yP1
zP1
fullName Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System survey NERFINISHED
goal detection of moving objects
detection of transient astronomical events
study of extragalactic large-scale structure
study of large-scale structure in the Milky Way
locatedIn Haleakalā Observatory NERFINISHED
Hawaii NERFINISHED
Maui NERFINISHED
notableContribution discovery of many comets
discovery of numerous near-Earth asteroids
large homogeneous photometric catalog of the northern sky
operatedBy Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii NERFINISHED
primaryGoal systematic mapping of the sky
primaryMirrorDiameter 1.8 m
scienceCase Milky Way structure
asteroid discovery
comet discovery
cosmology
galaxy evolution
near-Earth object detection
supernova search
variable star studies
startOfOperations 2010
surveyStrategy wide-area, multi-epoch imaging
telescopeUsed Pan-STARRS1 NERFINISHED
Pan-STARRS2 NERFINISHED
usesTechnique image differencing for transient detection
wavelengthRange near-infrared
optical

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Monoceros Ring observedWith Pan-STARRS survey
Andromeda XXI observedInSurvey Pan-STARRS survey
this entity surface form: Pan-STARRS
Andromeda XXVI discoveredBy Pan-STARRS survey
this entity surface form: Pan-STARRS 1 survey team
Andromeda XXVIII discoveredBy Pan-STARRS survey
this entity surface form: Pan-STARRS 1 survey team