Zwicky Transient Facility

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:ZTF
gptkbp:alertBroker	gptkb:ALeRCE gptkb:AMPEL gptkb:Lasair gptkb:Fink gptkb:ANTARES
gptkbp:archiveType	gptkb:IRSA
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:Caltech gptkb:Humboldt_University_of_Berlin gptkb:Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory gptkb:University_of_Bath gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_California,_Davis gptkb:University_of_California,_Irvine gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles gptkb:University_of_California,_Merced gptkb:University_of_California,_Riverside gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Francisco gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz gptkb:University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign gptkb:University_of_Minnesota gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:University_of_Pittsburgh gptkb:University_of_Southampton gptkb:University_of_Warwick gptkb:University_of_Washington gptkb:Weizmann_Institute_of_Science gptkb:University_of_Maryland gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin-Milwaukee gptkb:University_of_Stockholm gptkb:DESY gptkb:IPAC
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:exposureModes	30 seconds
gptkbp:fieldOfView	47 square degrees
gptkbp:firstLight	2017
gptkbp:format	gptkb:FITS alert stream
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Gordon_and_Betty_Moore_Foundation gptkb:NASA gptkb:National_Science_Foundation gptkb:Heising-Simons_Foundation
gptkbp:hasTelescope	gptkb:Samuel_Oschin_Telescope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Zwicky Transient Facility
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Fritz_Zwicky
gptkbp:notableFinds	asteroids comets supernovae variable stars cataclysmic variables fast radio burst counterparts gravitational wave counterparts tidal disruption events
gptkbp:photo	16 CCDs
gptkbp:purpose	supernova discovery asteroid detection time-domain astronomy transient detection
gptkbp:releaseDate	public proprietary period for partners
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Palomar_Transient_Factory
gptkbp:surveyCadence	multiple times per night
gptkbp:type	wide-field
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	optical
gptkbp:website	https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:asteroid
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5