Zwicky Transient Facility

"ZTF" redirects here. For the long-period comet, see C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
Zwicky Transient Facility
Alternative namesZTF
Coordinates33°21′26″N 116°51′35″W / 33.35731°N 116.85981°W / 33.35731; -116.85981 Edit this at Wikidata
Observatory codeI41
Websitewww.ztf.caltech.edu
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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.[1]

  1. ^ "Zwicky Transient Facility Opens Its Eyes to the Volatile cosmos". Zwicky Transient Facility. November 14, 2017.