Palomar Gattini-IR: Survey Overview, Data Processing System, On-sky Performance and First Results

Kishalay De, Matthew J. Hankins, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Anna M. Moore, Eran O. Ofek, Scott M. Adams, Michael C. B. Ashley, Aliya-Nur Babul, Ashot Bagdasaryan, Kevin B. Burdge, Jill Burnham, Richard G. Dekany, Alexander Declacroix, Antony Galla, Tim Greffe, David Hale, Jacob E. Jencson, Ryan M. Lau, Ashish Mahabal, Daniel McKenna, Manasi Sharma, Patrick L. Shopbell, Roger M. Smith, Jamie Soon, Jennifer Sokoloski, Roberto Soria, Tony Travouillon

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Abstract

Palomar Gattini-IR: Survey Overview, Data Processing System, On-sky Performance and First Results, De, Kishalay, Hankins, Matthew J., Kasliwal, Mansi M., Moore, Anna M., Ofek, Eran O., Adams, Scott M., Ashley, Michael C. B., Babul, Aliya-Nur, Bagdasaryan, Ashot, Burdge, Kevin B., Burnham, Jill, Dekany, Richard G., Declacroix, Alexander, Galla, Antony, Greffe, Tim, Hale, David, Jencson, Jacob E., Lau, Ryan M., Mahabal, Ashish, McKenna, Daniel, Sharma, Manasi, Shopbell, Patrick L., Smith, Roger M., Soon, Jamie, Sokoloski, Jennifer, Soria, Roberto, Travouillon, Tony

Topics & Concepts

SkyTelescopeVegaGalactic planeRemote sensingPhysicsLarge Synoptic Survey TelescopeField of viewData processingAstronomyExtinction (optical mineralogy)AstrophysicsMagnitude (astronomy)ObservatoryField (mathematics)Apparent magnitudeInfraredComputer scienceSupernovaGalaxyNight skyInfrared astronomyNear-infrared spectroscopyScale (ratio)Celestial sphereStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing