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From Pan-STARRS to PTF

From Pan-STARRS to PTF. Wing-Huen Ip Institutes of Astronomy and Space Sciences National Central University Nov. 25, 2011 Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan. The Sun-Moon Lake. http://images.world66.com/su/n_/mo/sun_moon_lake_galleryfull.

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From Pan-STARRS to PTF

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  1. From Pan-STARRS to PTF Wing-Huen Ip Institutes of Astronomy and Space Sciences National Central University Nov. 25, 2011 Sun-Moon Lake, Taiwan

  2. The Sun-Moon Lake http://images.world66.com/su/n_/mo/sun_moon_lake_galleryfull

  3. http://www.alleywhoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pacific_war_map.jpghttp://www.alleywhoops.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pacific_war_map.jpg

  4. 10 – 30 m Telescope(s) ? AO Software NIR Camera 2-m Telescope CCD Camera 1-m Telescope

  5. Development of Lulin Site Survey SLT Observatory Site Survey Station 1989 1997 1998 2001 1990 ．．． TAOS Telescopes 1m Telescope (LOT) 2m Telescope 2000 2010 2002

  6. 鹿林天文台 2米望遠鏡預定地 SLT 天文台 環保署空氣 品質背景測站 LOT 1米望遠鏡 TAOS-A/B 中央氣象局氣象中繼站 TAOS-C 成大ELF 紅色精靈 TAOS-D 台大 LELIS 基地台 環保署2007

  7. The UH 88 and PS4

  8. The Large CCD of PS 1 http://www.studiolighting.net/wp-content/images/giant_sensor.jpg

  9. Pan-STARRS Discussion ca. 2005-2006

  10. Pan-STARRS 1 • PS1: single telescope @ Haleakala • Operation in 2009 • Science mission began in May 2010

  11. M 31 M 51 Comet Holmes 3 degrees

  12. PS1 at 500 days: g,r,i,z,y, band sky coverage and stack 13

  13. POSS-I: The initial Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS or POSS-I), sponsored by the National Geographic institute, was completed in 1958. The first plates were shot in November 1948 and the last in April 1958. This survey was performed using 14 inch2 or (6 degree)2 blue-sensitive (Kodak 103a-O) and red-sensitive (Kodak 103a-E) photographic plates on the 48 inch (1.22 m) Samuel Oschin Schmidt reflecting telescope. Among the primary minds behind the project were Edwin Hubble, Milton L. Humason, Walter Baade, Ira Sprague Bowen and Rudolph Minkowski. Early Development of Time Series Astronomy in All Sky Survey • POSS-II: The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was performed in the 1980s and 1990s that made use of better, faster films and an upgraded telescope. The Oschin Schmidt was given an achromatic corrector and provisions for autoguiding. Images were recorded in three wavelengths: blue (IIIaJ), red (IIIaF) and near infrared (IVN) plates, respectively. • 2MASS and SDSS: Until the completion of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), POSS-II was the most extensive wide-field sky survey ever. When completed, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey will surpass POSS-I and POSS-II in depth, although the POSS covers almost 2.5 times more area on the sky.

  14. The Road to Palomar

  15. and the key people Ed Stone Tom Soifer Shri Kulkarni

  16. ReSTAR (Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research): www.noao.edu/system/restar/

  17. Palomar Transient Factory

  18. FOV ~ 3.5x2.3 deg2 P48 PTF I

  19. SED Machine for Spectral Identification of Transients

  20. H_alpha Image of M31 SuperCosmos H_alpha Survey (SHS) Image of Vela SNR Wide-field H_alpha Images of Local Universe http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5093468031_9efb3f6f1e.jpg http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/opo0316c.jpg

  21. Optical Identification of Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational waves http://amon.gravity.psu.edu/images/supernovae.jpg

  22. Future Development of Time Series Astronomy with All Sky Survey 3.5 deg http://www.interactions.org/sgtw/2006/0726/images/lsst_600.jpg

  23. ReSTAR Strategy • ReSTAR report: ..although LSST will revolutionize time-domain astronomy, there will be a number of key types of observations that LSST will not be able to do. • For example, LSST ‘s cadences will not be appropriate for many types of variable phenomenon; LSST’s bright limit is about V=18; its filter set is fixed and limited to broad band filters; and LSST will not have spectroscopic or infrared capabilities.

  24. Some Suggestions • To establish a system of Target-of-Opportunity (TOO) telescopes as efficient as possible in a good site; • To optimize the scientific values of 2-4 m telescopes now in existence (or in future) as national facility according to the scheme of the ReSTAR report; • To go south with a SED Machine! • Bilateral cooperation on time-series astronomy.

  25. Thanks

  26. http://home.fnal.gov/~rocky/DETF/Baltay.pdf

  27. PS1 500 days g,r,I,zband sky coverage g band r band i band z band 31

  28. PS1 500 days sky coverage – all bandsThis data contains the most comprehensive photometric and astrometric catalog of the sky. 32

  29. PS1 500 days y-band sky coverage y band 33

  30. FOV ~ 3.5x2.3 deg2 FOV ~ 40 deg2 P48 PTF I PTF II

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