IPAC Image Processing and Data Archiving for the Palomar Transient Factory
IPAC Image Processing and Data Archiving for the Palomar Transient Factory
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a multi-epochal robotic survey of the northern sky that acquires data for the scientific study of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena. The camera and telescope provide for wide-field imaging in optical bands. In the five years of operation since first light on December 13, …