Palomar Transient Factory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Palomar_Transient_Factory

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory gptkb:Oxford_University gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:Weizmann_Institute_of_Science gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin-Milwaukee gptkb:Infrared_Processing_and_Analysis_Center gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics gptkb:IPAC gptkb:Las_Cumbres_Observatory_Global_Telescope_Network
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy	asteroids supernovae variable stars cataclysmic variables
gptkbp:endDate	2012
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Gordon_and_Betty_Moore_Foundation gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:hasTelescope	gptkb:Samuel_Oschin_Telescope
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:principalInvestigator	gptkb:Shri_Kulkarni
gptkbp:purpose	search for optical transients
gptkbp:releaseDate	public
gptkbp:startDate	2009
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Intermediate_Palomar_Transient_Factory
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	optical
gptkbp:website	https://www.ptf.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Palomar Transient Factory