Pan-STARRS
Surveying the sky for moving or variable objects continually.
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Its primary mission is detecting Near-Earth Objects that threaten impact events.[1] On Maui, Hawaii, at the Haleakalā summit, the Pan-STARRS Observatory operates two 1.8-meter Ritchey–Chrétien telescopes.[2][3]
Quick Facts
- Location
- Haleakalā Observatory, Hawaii, US
- Telescopes
- Two 1.8-m Ritchey–Chrétien telescopes (PS1 and PS2)
- Primary mission
- Detect Near-Earth Objects that threaten impact events
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
First light for Pan-STARRS 2 was achieved in 2013.[4] In 2017, Pan-STARRS detected the first known interstellar object, 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua.[5] The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory provided a large portion of the funding for building Pan-STARRS.[1] On 6 December 2008, the first telescope, PS1, became operational under the University of Hawaiʻi.[6]
Full-time science observations with PS1 commenced on 13 May 2010.[6] The Minor Planet Center credited Pan-STARRS 2 in March 2018 for its first minor planet discovery, a potentially hazardous Apollo asteroid, which was detected on 13 May 2015.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Sci News report states that Pan-STARRS was the first survey to observe the entire sky visible from Hawai’i multiple times in many colors of light.[3] The Pan-STARRS data have been used to produce the best map of our Galaxy’s dust by analyzing the colors and brightnesses of stars.[3] The four years of Pan-STARRS data comprise 3 billion separate sources, including stars, galaxies, and various other objects.[3] Pan-STARRS DR2 provides, for the first time, access to all of the individual exposures at each epoch of time.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wainscoat, "The Pan-STARRS search for Near-Earth Objects", 13-17 April 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Pan-STARRS Search for Near-Earth Objects: Ten Years Old and Still Going Strong" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Pan-STARRS Astronomers Issue Largest Astronomical Data Release Ever", Sci News, 30 January 2019. facts only, no text reused. sci-news.com
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wen-Ping Chen, "Current Status of the Pan-STARRS Project and Beyond", 16 October 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Timmer, "First-known interstellar visitor is a bizarre, cigar-shaped asteroid", Ars Technica, 20 November 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Watching and waiting", The Economist, 2008-12-04; Robert Lemos, "Giant Camera Tracks Asteroids", MIT Technology Review, 2008-11-24; "Pan-STARRS 1 Telescope Begins Science Mission", Institute for Astronomy, 16 June 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Pan-STARRS" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "(515767) 2015 JA2", Minor Planet Center (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Pan-STARRS (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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