News and editorial

1 March 2019
PASP publishes focus issue on the Zwicky Transient Facility
The Editorial Board for the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP) is pleased to announce the publication of a Focus Issue on The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). The ZTF is a new optical time-domain survey using the 48 inch Schmidt Telescope at Palomar Observatory. An innovative new wide-field CCD mosaic camera provides a 47 square degree instantaneous field of view and fast readout time. This capability enables ZTF to conduct wide-area, high-cadence surveys designed to discover rare astrophysical transients, variables, and moving objects. A dedicated data system provides rapid reduction and near-real-time dissemination of public alerts that anticipate those of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

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