J/ApJ/736/159ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/736/159doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17360159CDSGal-Yam A.Kasliwal M.M.Arcavi I.Green Y.Yaron O.Ben-Ami S.,Xu D.Sternberg A.Quimby R.M.Kulkarni S.R.Ofek E.O.Walters R.,Nugent P.E.Poznanski D.Bloom J.S.Cenko S.B.Filippenko A.V.Li W.,Silverman J.M.Walker E.S.Sullivan M.Maguire K.Howell D.A.,Mazzali P.A.Frail D.A.Bersier D.James P.A.Akerlof C.W.Yuan F.,Law N.Fox D.B.Gehrels N.2017-07-10T06:21:50Z2013-02-04T08:33:18ZCDS support team

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cds-question@unistra.frsupernovaeinfrared-photometryvisible-astronomyWide-band photometrysloan-photometryultraviolet-photometrysurveysThe Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is an optical wide-field variability survey carried out using a camera with a 7.8deg^2^ field of view mounted on the 48 inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory. One of the key goals of this survey is to conduct high-cadence monitoring of the sky in order to detect optical transient sources shortly after they occur. Here, we describe the real-time capabilities of the PTF and our related rapid multiwavelength follow-up programs, extending from the radio to the {gamma}-ray bands. We present as a case study observations of the optical transient PTF10vdl (SN 2010id), revealed to be a very young core-collapse (Type II-P) supernova having a remarkably low luminosity. Our results demonstrate that the PTF now provides for optical transients the real-time discovery and rapid-response follow-up capabilities previously reserved only for high-energy transients like gamma-ray bursts.2011ApJ...736..159Ghttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/736/159CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic servicerelated-toB/sn : Asiago Supernova Catalogue (Barbon et al., 1999-)J/A+A/538/A120 : A unified supernova catalogue (Lennarz+, 2012)J/A+A/544/A81 : Supernovae and their hosts in the SDSS DR8 (Hakobyan+, 2012)J/ApJ/708/661 : SDSS-II SN Survey: SNe II-P standardization (D'Andrea+, 2010)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/736/159https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/736/159http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/736/159https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/736/159https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/736/159http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/736/159GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapUVOpticalInfrareddefaultJ/ApJ/736/159/table1PTF10vdl: multicolor photometryrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintJDJulian Date of observationdtime.epochdoublemag[17.4/21.47] Observed magnitude in Filt (1)magphot.magfloate_mag?=99.99 Error in mag (2)magstat.error;phot.magfloatnullableFiltFilter used in the observation (U,B,V,R,I, UVM2,UVW1,UVW2, g,i,r or Clear)instr.setup;obscharTelTelescope used in the observation (KAIT, LCOGT, LT, P48, P60, Swift or Wise)instr.setup;obschar