Data Processing and Product Access for the Zwicky Transient Facility
Abstract
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new time-domain survey based at Palomar Observatory that will commence in early 2018. ZTF will use a 47 square degree field with a 600 megapixel camera to scan the entire northern visible sky at rates of ~ 3760 square degrees/hour to depths of R ~ 20.5 mag. We review the data processing pipelines and the science-enabling products derived therefrom. These will support a broad range of research themes: from fast and young supernovae, variable stars, eclipsing binaries, counterparts to gravitational wave sources, to Solar System objects. We also describe the methods for data access and the data-release schedule for products derived from the public surveys.
- Publication:
-
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231
- Pub Date:
- January 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AAS...23136204S