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Creating High Quality All-Sky Visualizations of Astronomy Image Data Sets: HiPS and Montage
G. Bruce Berriman, John C. Good, Vandana Desai +1
We describe a case study to use the Montage image mosaic engine to create maps of the ALLWISE image data set in the Hierarchical Progressive Survey (HiPS) sky-tesselation scheme. O…
The Growing Importance of a Tech Savvy Astronomy and Astrophysics Workforce
Dara Norman, Kelle Cruz, Vandana Desai +26
Fundamental coding and software development skills are increasingly necessary for success in nearly every aspect of astronomical and astrophysical research as large surveys and hig…
Robust Archives Maximize Scientific Accessibility
J. E. G. Peek, Vandana Desai, Richard L. White +6
We present a bibliographic analysis of Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer publications. We find (a) archival data are used in >60% of the publication output and (b) archives for these mi…
Petabytes to Science
Amanda E. Bauer, Eric C. Bellm, Adam S. Bolton +24
A Kavli foundation sponsored workshop on the theme \emph{Petabytes to Science} was held 12 to 14 of February 2019 in Las Vegas. The aim of the this workshop was to di…
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives
Matthew J. Graham, S. R. Kulkarni, Eric C. Bellm +114
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public-private enterprise, is a new time domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg$^2…
The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results
Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham +112
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg fiel…