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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 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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10 – 30 m Telescope(s) ? AO Software NIR Camera 2-m Telescope CCD Camera 1-m Telescope
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
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
The Large CCD of PS 1 http://www.studiolighting.net/wp-content/images/giant_sensor.jpg
Pan-STARRS 1 • PS1: single telescope @ Haleakala • Operation in 2009 • Science mission began in May 2010
M 31 M 51 Comet Holmes 3 degrees
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.
and the key people Ed Stone Tom Soifer Shri Kulkarni
ReSTAR (Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research): www.noao.edu/system/restar/
FOV ~ 3.5x2.3 deg2 P48 PTF I
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
Optical Identification of Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational waves http://amon.gravity.psu.edu/images/supernovae.jpg
Future Development of Time Series Astronomy with All Sky Survey 3.5 deg http://www.interactions.org/sgtw/2006/0726/images/lsst_600.jpg
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.
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.
PS1 500 days g,r,I,zband sky coverage g band r band i band z band 31
PS1 500 days sky coverage – all bandsThis data contains the most comprehensive photometric and astrometric catalog of the sky. 32
PS1 500 days y-band sky coverage y band 33
FOV ~ 3.5x2.3 deg2 FOV ~ 40 deg2 P48 PTF I PTF II