Space Situational Awareness Applications of the PS1 AP Catalog
Abstract
New requirements for accuracy, sensitivity, and timeliness in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) flow down into requirements for star catalogs that provide in-frame metrics. Star catalogs are being used to provide the (astro-)metric calibration of the focal plane sensor(s) as well as for the photometric calibration. In many cases, the SSA sensor does not have traditional astronomical filters, so the transformation between the internal and external color systems becomes an issue. The Pan-STARRS prototype telescope, PS1, will generate an AP catalog with 10 milliarcsecond astrometric accuracy and (at least) 2% photometric accuracy in 5 different colors that should be useful for many SSA applications.
- Publication:
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The Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006amos.confE..40M