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This page describes the telescope and instruments used to obtain the data in the PS1 survey, including design and construction; the detectors; the filters used; and the observing strategies.
  The starting point for the PS1 data archive is at The Pan-STARRS1 data archive home page.

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Parent page for the description of the observatory.

The information on this page is taken from Chambers et al 2016, "The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys" and this paper should be cited when information is used. 

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  • Design, construction 
    • Telescope, location
    • FOV
    • Image quality
    • Site quality (seeing, clarity, backgrounds)
  • Detectors:   (UH, Tonry?)
    • Relation to data quality
    • Dynamic range (depth tables)
  • Filters: (UH data; Scolnic)
    • Illustration
    • Compare to others that are nominally the same or similar. 
  • Observing strategy:  (UH)
    • Faint- and bright limits.
    • Areal coverage versus time  time  
    • Distributions of data taking: Numbers of visits; ...    
    • Surveys (Ken?, Stephen?)
      • 3PI. (cut & paste?  Smart/Chambers --> DRS)
      • Medium Deep Fields.

 

 

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