The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky.
Spectroscopically confirmed supernova discoveries (as of today)
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PTF papers | 51 (list of papers) |
Recent News
September 2011: Come to Caltech and see a supernova with your own eyes!
September 2011: PTF11kly on PBS Newshour!
August 2011: PTF11fzx is the centrepiece of the Galaxy Zoo
forum's Object of the Day - PTF10ops is also discussed here.
August 2011: PTF11kly is the Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 2011: PTF11kly, the new M101 supernova, in the news: BBC, Telegraph, Nature News, Popular Science, Sky and Telescope, New Scientist, MSNBC, Slashdot, and many others.
August 2011: PTF11kly, the nearest Type 1a supernova seen in decades: 
August 2011: Bad Astronomy blog on PTF11kyl.
August 2011: A new supernova in M101! Finding chart is here (North up, East left, crosshairs show supernova).
June 2011: PTF in the news for finding a new class of supernovae: MSNBC, National Geographic, CBC, LA Times, New Scientist, and many others.
June 2011: New PTF Nature paper: Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions (Quimby et al.)
August 2011: PTF11fzx is the centrepiece of the Galaxy Zoo
forum's Object of the Day - PTF10ops is also discussed here.
August 2011: PTF11kly is the Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 2011: PTF11kly, the new M101 supernova, in the news: BBC, Telegraph, Nature News, Popular Science, Sky and Telescope, New Scientist, MSNBC, Slashdot, and many others.
August 2011: PTF11kly, the nearest Type 1a supernova seen in decades:
August 2011: Bad Astronomy blog on PTF11kyl.
August 2011: A new supernova in M101! Finding chart is here (North up, East left, crosshairs show supernova).
June 2011: PTF in the news for finding a new class of supernovae: MSNBC, National Geographic, CBC, LA Times, New Scientist, and many others.
June 2011: New PTF Nature paper: Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions (Quimby et al.)
August 2011: PTF11kly, the new M101 supernova, in the news: BBC, Telegraph, Nature News, Popular Science, Sky and Telescope, New Scientist, MSNBC, Slashdot, and many others.
August 2011: PTF11kly, the nearest Type 1a supernova seen in decades:
August 2011: Bad Astronomy blog on PTF11kyl.
August 2011: A new supernova in M101! Finding chart is here (North up, East left, crosshairs show supernova).
June 2011: PTF in the news for finding a new class of supernovae: MSNBC, National Geographic, CBC, LA Times, New Scientist, and many others.
June 2011: New PTF Nature paper: Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions (Quimby et al.)
August 2011: Bad Astronomy blog on PTF11kyl.
August 2011: A new supernova in M101! Finding chart is here (North up, East left, crosshairs show supernova).
June 2011: PTF in the news for finding a new class of supernovae: MSNBC, National Geographic, CBC, LA Times, New Scientist, and many others.
June 2011: New PTF Nature paper: Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions (Quimby et al.)
June 2011: PTF in the news for finding a new class of supernovae: MSNBC, National Geographic, CBC, LA Times, New Scientist, and many others.
June 2011: New PTF Nature paper: Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions (Quimby et al.)
| June 2011: New PTF images |  |
May 2011: Several new papers, including The Subluminous and Peculiar Type Ia Supernova PTF 09dav
The PTF Project
The program is centered on a 12Kx8K, 7.8 square degree CCD array (CFH12K) re-engineered for the
1.2-m Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory by COO (Rahmer et al. 2008). Photometric
followup is undertaken by the automated Palomar 1.5-m telescope (Cenko et al. 2006) and other
facilities provided by consortium members.
PTF uses eighty percent of the 1.2-m and fifty percent of the 1.5-m telescope time. With an exposure of 60-s the survey reaches an approximate depth of m_R=20.5 and m_g'=21.
Two major transient detection experiments are planned for the five-year project:
1) a 5-day cadence supernova search
2) an exotic transient search with cadences between 90 seconds and 1 day.
PTF provides automatic, realtime transient classification and followup, as well as a database including every source detected in each frame.
PTF is a collaboration of Caltech, LBNL, IPAC, Berkeley, LCOGT, Oxford, Columbia and the Weizmann Institute.
Previous news
Jan 2011: Two new papers: PTF 10bzf (SN 2010ah): a broad-line Ic supernova discovered by the PTF and Real-Time Detection and Rapid Multiwavelength Follow-up Observations of a Highly Subluminous Type II-P Supernova from the PTF
Jan 2011: PTF at the AAS
- The First Year of the Palomar Transient Factory Type Ia Supernova Program;
- PTF/M-dwarfs: First Results From a Large New M-dwarf Planetary Transit Survey;
- Transients in the Local Universe: Bridging the Gap between Novae and Supernovae;
- Stellar Rotation and Activity at 1 Gyr: The Palomar Transient Factory Does NGC 752;
- The Columbia/Cornell/Caltech Palomar Transient Factory (CCCP) Praesepe Campaign: Studying the Rotation-Activity Relation in an Intermediate Age Cluster;
- TripleSpec Observations of Candidate PTF Eclipsing Binaries
Dec 2010: PTF conference proceedings from Cool Stars 16: PTF/M-dwarfs: A Large New M-dwarf Planetary Transit Survey; The Age-Rotation-Activity Relation: From Myrs to Gyrs; Ultracool Dwarf Science from Widefield Multi-Epoch Surveys
Nov 2010: News about the Supernova Zoo PTF Key Project: Wired.com; Universe Today;The Physics arXiv Blog
Nov 2010: Two new papers: Evidence for an FU Orionis Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star (ApJ submitted), and An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula (ApJ submitted)
Oct 2010: Two new papers: Hubble Space Telescope Studies of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae (ApJL submitted) and Galaxy Zoo Supernovae (MNRAS submitted).
Sep 2010: Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion ApJL submitted
Sep 2010: Palomar Transient Factory Discovery of 5 New Supernovae (ATel #2835)
August 2010: Discovery follow-up of a broad-line type Ic supernova (ATel #2817)
August 2010: PTF Discovery of Three Type II Supernovae (ATel #2802)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
- The First Year of the Palomar Transient Factory Type Ia Supernova Program;
- PTF/M-dwarfs: First Results From a Large New M-dwarf Planetary Transit Survey;
- Transients in the Local Universe: Bridging the Gap between Novae and Supernovae;
- Stellar Rotation and Activity at 1 Gyr: The Palomar Transient Factory Does NGC 752;
- The Columbia/Cornell/Caltech Palomar Transient Factory (CCCP) Praesepe Campaign: Studying the Rotation-Activity Relation in an Intermediate Age Cluster;
- TripleSpec Observations of Candidate PTF Eclipsing Binaries
Dec 2010: PTF conference proceedings from Cool Stars 16: PTF/M-dwarfs: A Large New M-dwarf Planetary Transit Survey; The Age-Rotation-Activity Relation: From Myrs to Gyrs; Ultracool Dwarf Science from Widefield Multi-Epoch Surveys
Nov 2010: News about the Supernova Zoo PTF Key Project: Wired.com; Universe Today;The Physics arXiv Blog
Nov 2010: Two new papers: Evidence for an FU Orionis Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star (ApJ submitted), and An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula (ApJ submitted)
Oct 2010: Two new papers: Hubble Space Telescope Studies of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae (ApJL submitted) and Galaxy Zoo Supernovae (MNRAS submitted).
Sep 2010: Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion ApJL submitted
Sep 2010: Palomar Transient Factory Discovery of 5 New Supernovae (ATel #2835)
August 2010: Discovery follow-up of a broad-line type Ic supernova (ATel #2817)
August 2010: PTF Discovery of Three Type II Supernovae (ATel #2802)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
Nov 2010: Two new papers: Evidence for an FU Orionis Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star (ApJ submitted), and An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula (ApJ submitted)
Oct 2010: Two new papers: Hubble Space Telescope Studies of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae (ApJL submitted) and Galaxy Zoo Supernovae (MNRAS submitted).
Sep 2010: Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion ApJL submitted
Sep 2010: Palomar Transient Factory Discovery of 5 New Supernovae (ATel #2835)
August 2010: Discovery follow-up of a broad-line type Ic supernova (ATel #2817)
August 2010: PTF Discovery of Three Type II Supernovae (ATel #2802)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
Sep 2010: Rapidly Decaying Supernova 2010X: A Candidate ".Ia" Explosion ApJL submitted
Sep 2010: Palomar Transient Factory Discovery of 5 New Supernovae (ATel #2835)
August 2010: Discovery follow-up of a broad-line type Ic supernova (ATel #2817)
August 2010: PTF Discovery of Three Type II Supernovae (ATel #2802)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
August 2010: Discovery follow-up of a broad-line type Ic supernova (ATel #2817)
August 2010: PTF Discovery of Three Type II Supernovae (ATel #2802)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
August 2010: The early Type Ia Supernovae PTFqjq and PTFqjl (ATel #2776)
July 2010: PTF Discovery of PTF10llv (ATel #2765)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10myz, a type II supernova (ATel #2757)
July 2010: Discovery of a Luminous Supernova, PTF10hgi (ATel #2740)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
July 2010: The Early Type Ia Supernovae PTF10nlg and PTF10ndc (ATel #2735)
July 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10ksq, a type II supernova (ATel #2723)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
July 2010: The early SN Ia PTF10mwb (ATel #2718)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10htz, a type II supernova (ATel #2685)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hny, a type II supernova (ATel #2678)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jop, a strongly interacting supernova (ATel #2676)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
June 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10jkx, a type II supernova (ATel #2675)
June 2010: Discovery of Three New Supernova by the Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #2657)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hif, a type IIn supernova (ATel #2649)
May 2010: Discovery of PTF10heh, a Luminous Type IIn Supernova (ATel #2634)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
May 2010: PTF discovery of PTF10hcw, a type Ib supernova (ATel #2631)
May 2010: PTF discovery of a type II SN (ATel #2621)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
May 2010: PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 99 (submitted to ApJ)
May 2010: PTF & ROTSE find a young core-collapse supernova (ATel #2603)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
May 2010: PTF discovers, follows-up, and spectroscopically classifies a possible super-Chandrasekhar mass supernova, all in the same night! (ATel #2600)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers a Luminous Red Nova in the spiral galaxy M9 (ATel 2590)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
Apr 2010: PTF discovers and classifies a Type 1a supernova 13 days before peak brightness (ATel 2580)
Apr 2010: Core-Collapse Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory: Indications for a Different Population in Dwarf Galaxies (submitted to ApJ)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
Mar 2010: PTF discovers twin supernovae: a core-collapse & a 1a in the same galaxy.
Mar 2010: PTF discovers an extremely young SN 1a (ATel 2453)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
Mar 2010: Palomar Transient Factory discovers a young, broad-line Type Ic supernova (ATels 2470, 2471)
October 2009: Mysterious transients unmasked as the bright blue death throes of massive stars submitted to Nature (embargoed for discussion in the press).
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
August 2009: PTF in the news:
1,2,3,4
29 June 2009: Two new papers: a detailed description of the PTF project and the commissioning results (astro-ph/0906.5350) and a study of the science planned for PTF (astro-ph/0906.5355).
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
23 May 2009: Discovery, Photometric and Spectroscopic Follow Up Of Another Fifteen Optical Transients (ATel #2055)
28 Apr 2009: The Palomar Transient Factory Discovers a Possible super-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernova (ATel #2037)
2 Apr 2009: Another 25 transient detections and followups from PTF (ATel #2005)
22 March 2009: Eleven more transient detections from PTF (ATel #1983)
11 March 2009: The first PTF transient detections! (ATel #1964)