Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati PTF$

Details on Acronym:   PTF
  
PTF    (Palomar Transient Factory)
 Write:<<PTF  YYa>>  

        <<PTF  YYaa>>  

        <<PTF  YYaaa>>  

        <<PTF  YYaaaa>>
 N:  52+72+11+1
Object:Opt. Transient  (SIMBAD class: Transient = Transient Event)
  Note:Palomar 48-inch telescope observations within the Palomar Transient    Factory survey.
    Only the first references are given here.
   Ref:=2009PASP..121.1395L
     byLAW N.M.
, KULKARNI S.R., DEKANY R.G., OFEK E.O., QUIMBY R.M., NUGENT P.E., SURACE J., GRILLMAIR C.C., BLOOM J.S., KASLIWAL M.M., BILDSTEN L., BROWN T., CENKO S.B., CIARDI D., CRONER E., DJORGOVSKI S.G., VAN EYKEN J., FILIPPENKO A.V., FOX D.B., GAL-YAM A., HALE D., HAMAM N., HELOU G., HENNING J., HOWELL D.A., JACOBSEN J., LAHER R., MATTINGLY S., McKENNA D., PICKLES A., POZNANSKI D., RAHMER G., RAU A., ROSING W., SHARA M., SMITH R., STARR D., SULLIVAN M., VELUR V., WALTERS R., ZOLKOWER J.
 PASP, 121, 1395-1408 (2009)

    The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance, and first
    results.
oTable 3: <PTF YYaa> N=52.
   Ref:=2010ApJ...721..777A
     byARCAVI I.
, GAL-YAM A., KASLIWAL M.M., QUIMBY R.M., OFEK E.O., KULKARNI S.R., NUGENT P.E., CENKO S.B., BLOOM J.S., SULLIVAN M., HOWELL D.A., POZNANSKI D., FILIPPENKO A.V., LAW N., HOOK I., JONSSON J., BLAKE S., COOKE J., DEKANY R., RAHMER G., HALE D., SMITH R., ZOLKOWER J., VELUR V., WALTERS R., HENNING J., BUI K., McKENNA D., JACOBSEN J.
 Astrophys. J., 721, 777-784 (2010)

    Core-collapse supernovae from the Palomar transient factory:
    indications for a different population in dwarf galaxies.
oTable 1: <PTF YYaaa> N=72.
   Ref:=2011ApJ...727L..35C
     byCOOKE J.
, ELLIS R.S., SULLIVAN M., NUGENT P., HOWELL D.A., GAL-YAM A., LIDMAN C., BLOOM J.S., CENKO S.B., KASLIWAL M.M., KULKARNI S.R., LAW N.M., OFEK E.O., QUIMBY R.M.
 Astrophys. J., 727L, 35 (2011)

    Hubble space telescope studies of nearby type Ia supernovae: the mean
    maximum light ultraviolet spectrum and its dispersion.
oTable 1: <PTF YYaaa> N=11.
   Ref:=2011AJ....141...40C
     byCOVEY K.R.
, HILLENBRAND L.A., MILLER A.A., POZNANSKI D., CENKO S.B., SILVERMAN J.M., BLOOM J.S., KASLIWAL M.M., FISCHER W., RAYNER J., REBULL L.M., BUTLER N.R., FILIPPENKO A.V., LAW N.M., OFEK E.O., AGUEROS M., DEKANY R.G., RAHMER G., HALE D., SMITH R., QUIMBY R.M., NUGENT P., JACOBSEN J., ZOLKOWER J., VELUR V., WALTERS R., HENNING J., BUI K., McKENNA D., KULKARNI S.R., KLEIN C.
 Astron. J., 141, 40 (2011)

    PTF10nvg: an outbursting class I protostar in the Pelican/North
    american nebula.
oText: <PTF 10nvg> N=1.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)