Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Zhou X.
  2. Fan Z.
  3. Jiang Z.
  4. Ashley M.C.B.
  5. Cui X.
  6. Feng L.
  7. Gong X.
  8. Hu J.,Kulesa C.A.
  9. Lawrence J.S.
  10. Liu G.
  11. Luong-van D.M.
  12. Ma J.
  13. Moore A.M.,Qin W.
  14. Shang Z.
  15. Storey J.W.V.
  16. Sun B.
  17. Travouillon T.
  18. Walker C.K.,Wang J.
  19. Wang L.
  20. Wu J.
  21. Wu Z.
  22. Xia L.
  23. Yan J.
  24. Yang J.
  25. Yang H.
  26. Yuan X.,York D.
  27. Zhang Z.
  28. Zhu Z.
  29. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

In 2008 January the twenty-fourth Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consists of four 14.5cm optical telescopes, each with a different filter (g,r,i, and open) and has a 4.5{deg}x4.5{deg} field of view (FOV). It operates robotically as part of the Plateau Observatory, PLATO, with each telescope taking an image every ~30s throughout the year whenever it is dark. During 2008, CSTAR 1 performed almost flawlessly, acquiring more than 0.3 million -band images for a total integration time of 1728hr during 158 days of observations. For each image taken under good sky conditions, more than 10,000 sources down to magnitude could be detected. We performed aperture photometry on all the sources in the field to create the catalog described herein. Since CSTAR has a fixed pointing centered on the south celestial pole (Dec=-90{deg}), all the sources within the FOV of CSTAR were monitored continuously for several months. The photometric catalog can be used for studying any variability in these sources, and for the discovery of transient sources such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and minor planets.

Keywords
  1. surveys
  2. south-galactic-pole
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. sloan-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010PASP..122..347Z
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/PASP/122/347
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/122/347

Access

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https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/PASP/122/347
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/PASP/122/347
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/PASP/122/347/cstar1?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/PASP/122/347/cstar1?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/PASP/122/347/cstar1?

History

2013-10-03T15:37:17Z
Resource record created
2013-10-03T15:37:17Z
Created
2013-10-19T14:34:08Z
Updated

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