Palomar Transient Factory
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Mission Characteristics
| PTF | iPTF | |
| Lifetime: | Mar 2009 - Dec 2012 | Jan 2013 - Feb 2017 |
| Partners: | Caltech, LBNL, IPAC, Berkeley, LCOGT, Oxford, Columbia and the Weizmann Institute. | IPAC, Caltech, Kavli-IPMU, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oskar Klein Centre, Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University System of Taiwan |
| Description: | PTF is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky. |
| Wavelength: | g, R, H-alpha |
| Area Coverage: | approx. 30,000 deg^2 |
| Instruments: | 12Kx8K, 7.8 square degree CCD array (CFH12K) re-engineered for the 1.2-m Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory |
| Canonical Papers: | PTF: Law et al. (2009) Photometric calibrator catalog: Ofek et al. (2012) Image Processing: Laher et al. (2014) Miscellaneous: PTF Data Papers |
| Dates of Major Releases: | March 13, 2014: DR1 August 7, 2015: DR2 September 1, 2016: DR3 |
IRSA Services
| Image Service | Web browser interface to search for PTF data from all public releases. Data products include g- and R-band single exposures and coadded tiles. Measured photometry is also available in flat files associated with the downloaded image products. |
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| Program Interface | Instructions to create scripts to access PTF data products. The available data products are the same as those available from the GUI-based Image Service. |
| Catalog Query | Access the PTF lightcurve table, sources catalog, objects list, and photometric calibrator catalog through IRSA's Catalog Search service. |
| Time Series Tool | Plot time series data, view associated images, find period, and phase fold. |
| Download Catalog | Download the full PTF photometric calibrator catalog (547 MB). |
Other Resources
| PTF Home Page |
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