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Pan-STARRS: A Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Array

Kaiser, Nicholas, Aussel, Herve, Burke, Barry E., Boesgaard, Hans, Chambers, Ken, Chun, Mark R., Heasley, James N., Hodapp, Klaus-Werner +18 more·2002·SPIE Proceedings
DOI 10.1117/12.457365
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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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  • The Pan-STARRS project, which has similar science goals to LSST, envisions a distributed aperture design where total system étendue is the sum of étendue values for an array of small 1.8 m telescopes.

    “We note that the Pan-STARRS project ( Kaiser et al. 2002, 2010 ) , with similar science goals to LSST, envisions a distributed aperture design, where the total system étendue is a sum of étendue values for an array of small 1.8 m telescopes.”

    From LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products (2019) · cites this paper as Kaiser et al. 2002

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Authors
Kaiser, N., Aussel, H., Burke, B. E., Boesgaard, H., Chambers, K., Chun, M. R., Heasley, J. N., Hodapp, K.-W., Hunt, B., Jedicke, R., Jewitt, D., Kudritzki, R., Luppino, G. A., Maberry, M., Magnier, E., Monet, D. G., Onaka, P. M., Pickles, A. J., Rhoads, P. H. H., Simon, T., Szalay, A., Szapudi, I., Tholen, D. J., Tonry, J. L., Waterson, M., & Wick, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Hawaii System (US)
  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory (US)
  • Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (US)
  • United States Naval Observatory (US)
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Leidos (United States) (US)
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Venue
SPIE Proceedings
Publisher
SPIE
Published
2002-12-01
Volume
4836
Pages
154
ISSN
0277-786X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1117/12.457365
OpenAlex
W2000746376
Cited by
700
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 53 · 2012: 47
FWCI
9.42
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Keywords
Pan-STARRS, LSST, astronomical instruments, facility expansion

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