The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica
In 2008 January the 24th Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to DomeA, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i and open) and has a 4.5degree x 4.5degree fie...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1001.4941 2023-05-15T13:32:04+02:00 The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica Zhou, Xu Fan, Zhou Jiang, Zhaoji Ashley, M. C. B. Cui, Xiangqun Feng, Longlong Gong, Xuefei Hu, Jingyao Kulesa, C. A. Lawrence, J. S. Liu, Genrong Luong-Van, D. M. Ma, Jun Moore, A. M. Qin, Weijia Shang, Zhaohui Storey, J. W. V. Sun, Bo Travouillon, T. Walker, C. K. Wang, Jiali Wang, Lifan Wu, Jianghua Wu, Zhenyu Xia, Lirong Yan, Jun Yang, Ji Yang, Huigen Yuan, Xiangyan York, D. Zhang, Zhanhai Zhu, Zhenxi 2010 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1001.4941 https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4941 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/651526 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2010 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1001.4941 https://doi.org/10.1086/651526 2022-04-01T15:16:22Z In 2008 January the 24th Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to DomeA, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i and open) and has a 4.5degree x 4.5degree field of view (FOV). It operates robotically as part of the Plateau Observatory, PLATO, with each telescope taking an image every 30 seconds 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 hours during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to 16 mag 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 (Dec =-90 degree), 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. : 1 latex file and 9 figures The paper is accepted by PASP Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic Plato ENVELOPE(-54.674,-54.674,-63.433,-63.433) |
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In 2008 January the 24th Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to DomeA, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g, r, i and open) and has a 4.5degree x 4.5degree field of view (FOV). It operates robotically as part of the Plateau Observatory, PLATO, with each telescope taking an image every 30 seconds 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 hours during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to 16 mag 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 (Dec =-90 degree), 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. : 1 latex file and 9 figures The paper is accepted by PASP |
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Zhou, Xu Fan, Zhou Jiang, Zhaoji Ashley, M. C. B. Cui, Xiangqun Feng, Longlong Gong, Xuefei Hu, Jingyao Kulesa, C. A. Lawrence, J. S. Liu, Genrong Luong-Van, D. M. Ma, Jun Moore, A. M. Qin, Weijia Shang, Zhaohui Storey, J. W. V. Sun, Bo Travouillon, T. Walker, C. K. Wang, Jiali Wang, Lifan Wu, Jianghua Wu, Zhenyu Xia, Lirong Yan, Jun Yang, Ji Yang, Huigen Yuan, Xiangyan York, D. Zhang, Zhanhai Zhu, Zhenxi |
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The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica |
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The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica |
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The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica |
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The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica |
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The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica |
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