Exploring the Time Domain with the Palomar-QUEST Sky Survey

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dc.creatorMahabal, A.
dc.creatorDjorgovski, S. G.
dc.creatorGraham, M. J.
dc.creatorWilliams, R.
dc.creatorGranett, B.
dc.creatorBogosavljevic, M.
dc.creatorBaltay, C.
dc.creatorRabinowitz, D.
dc.creatorBauer, A.
dc.creatorAndrews, P.
dc.creatorMorgan, N.
dc.creatorSnyder, J.
dc.creatorEllman, N.
dc.creatorDuffau, S.
dc.creatorMusser, J.
dc.creatorMufson, S.
dc.creatorGebhard, M.
dc.creatorBrunner, R.
dc.creatorRengstorf, A.
dc.date2004-08-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:14:11Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:14:11Z
dc.descriptionExploration of the time variability on the sky over a broad range of flux levels and wavelengths is rapidly becoming a new frontier of astronomical research. We describe here briefly the Palomar-QUEST survey being carried out from the Samuel Oschin 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar. The following features make the survey an attractive candidate for studying time variability: anticipated survey area of 12,000 - 15,000 sq. degrees in the drift scan mode, point source depth of 21st mag. in I under good conditions, near simultaneous observations in four filters, and at least four passes per year at each location covered. The survey will yield a large number of transients and highly variable sources in the near future and in that sense is a prototype of LSST and Pan-STARRS. We briefly outline our strategy for searching such objects and the proposed pipeline for detecting transients in real-time.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, uses elsart.cls. To be published in: "Wide-Field Imaging From Space", Eds. Tim McKay, Andy Fruchter and Eric Linder, New Astronomy Reviews
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408035
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408035
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/8021
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleExploring the Time Domain with the Palomar-QUEST Sky Survey
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