Zwicky Transient Facility

Zwicky Transient Facility
Alternative namesZTF
Coordinates33°21′26″N 116°51′35″W / 33.35731°N 116.85981°W / 33.35731; -116.85981
Observatory codeI41
Websitewww.ztf.caltech.edu

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF, obs. code: I41) is a wide-field sky astronomical survey using a new camera attached to the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, United States. Commissioned in 2018, it supersedes the (Intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory (2009–2017) that used the same observatory code. It is named after the Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky.

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