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Title:
Pan-STARRS: A Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Array
Authors:
Kaiser, Nicholas; Aussel, Herve; Burke, Barry E.; Boesgaard, Hans; Chambers, Ken; Chun, Mark R.; Heasley, James N.; Hodapp, Klaus-Werner; Hunt, Bobby; Jedicke, Robert; Jewitt, D.; Kudritzki, Rolf; Luppino, Gerard A.; Maberry, Michael; Magnier, Eugene; Monet, David G.; Onaka, Peter M.; Pickles, Andrew J.; Rhoads, Pui Hin H.; Simon, Theodore; Szalay, Alexander; Szapudi, Istvan; Tholen, David J.; Tonry, John L.; Waterson, Mark; Wick, John
Affiliation:
AA(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AB(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AC(MIT Lincoln Lab. (USA)), AD(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AE(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AF(Univ. of Hawaii/Institute for Astronomy (USA)), AG(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AH(Univ. of Hawaii/Institute for Astronomy (USA)), AI(Maui High Performance Computing Center (USA)), AJ(Lunar and Planetary Lab./Univ. of Arizona (USA)), AK(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AL(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AM(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AN(Univ. of Hawaii/Institute for Astronomy (USA)), AO(Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (USA)), AP(U.S. Naval Observatory (USA)), AQ(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AR(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AS(Univ. of Hawaii/Manoa (USA)), AT(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AU(Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)), AV(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AW(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AX(Univ. of Hawaii (USA)), AY(Univ. of Hawaii/Institute for Astronomy (USA)), AZ(Science Applications International Corp. (USA))
Publication:
Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries. Edited by Tyson, J. Anthony; Wolff, Sidney. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4836, pp. 154-164 (2002). (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:
12/2002
Origin:
SPIE
DOI:
10.1117/12.457365
Bibliographic Code:
2002SPIE.4836..154K

Abstract

The IFA and collaborators are embarking on a project to develop a 4-telescope synoptic survey instrument. While somewhat smaller than the 6.5m class telescope envisaged by the decadal review in their proposal for a LSST, this facility will nonetheless be able to accomplish many of the LSST science goals. In this paper we will describe the motivation for a ‘distributed aperture" approach for the LSST, the current concept for Pan-STARRS -- a pilot project for the LSST proper -- and its performance goals and science reach. We will also discuss how the facility may be expanded.
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