The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome
ABSTRACT. In 2008 January the twenty-fourth Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5 cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i, and open) and has a 4:5...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.185.3264 2023-05-15T13:47:03+02:00 The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome Xu Zhou Zhou Fan Zhaoji Jiang M. C. B. Ashley Xiangqun Cui Longlong Feng Xuefei Gong Jingyao Hu C. A. Kulesa J. S. Lawrence Genrong Liu D. M. Luong-van Jun Ma The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2010 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.185.3264 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Emcba/pubs/zho10b.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.185.3264 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Emcba/pubs/zho10b.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7Emcba/pubs/zho10b.pdf text 2010 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T16:39:15Z ABSTRACT. In 2008 January the twenty-fourth Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5 cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i, and open) and has a 4:5°×4:5 ° field of view (FOV). It operates robotically as part of the Plateau Observatory, PLATO, with each telescope taking an image every ∼30 s throughout the year whenever it is dark. During 2008, CSTAR 1 performed almost flawlessly, acquiring more than 0.3 million i-band images for a total integration time of 1728 hr during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to ∼16th magnitude could be detected. We performed aperture photometry on all the sources in the field to create the catalog described herein. Since CSTAR has a fixed pointing centered on the south celestial pole (decl: 90°), all the sources within the FOV of CSTAR were monitored continuously for several months. The photometric catalog can be used for studying any variability in these sources, and for the discovery of transient sources such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and minor planets. Online material: color figures 1. Text Antarc* Antarctic Unknown Antarctic Plato ENVELOPE(-54.674,-54.674,-63.433,-63.433) The Antarctic |
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ABSTRACT. In 2008 January the twenty-fourth Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5 cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i, and open) and has a 4:5°×4:5 ° field of view (FOV). It operates robotically as part of the Plateau Observatory, PLATO, with each telescope taking an image every ∼30 s throughout the year whenever it is dark. During 2008, CSTAR 1 performed almost flawlessly, acquiring more than 0.3 million i-band images for a total integration time of 1728 hr during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to ∼16th magnitude could be detected. We performed aperture photometry on all the sources in the field to create the catalog described herein. Since CSTAR has a fixed pointing centered on the south celestial pole (decl: 90°), all the sources within the FOV of CSTAR were monitored continuously for several months. The photometric catalog can be used for studying any variability in these sources, and for the discovery of transient sources such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and minor planets. Online material: color figures 1. |
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