ztf

m4opt.missions.ztf = <m4opt.missions._core.Mission object>

Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF).

ZTF is a ground-based optical survey with a 47 square degree camera on the Samuel Oschin 48 Inch Telescope at Palomar Observatory.

The FOV region precisely models the layout of ZTF’s \(4 \times 4\) CCD mosaic including chip gaps as described in Table 1 of [1].

Note

Dark current is set to the e2v CCD231-C6 typical specification of 3 e-/pixel/hour at 153 K. Note that ZTF operates at a somewhat warmer temperature (~165 K), so the actual dark current may be slightly higher.

References

[1]

Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham, et al. The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results. PASP, 131(995):018002, January 2019. arXiv:1902.01932, doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aaecbe.

Examples

(Source code)

ZTF limiting magnitude vs. exposure time at zenith.