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2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary
N. R. Deacon, E. A. Magnier, Michael C. Liu +14
We present the discovery of a 360 AU separation T3 companion to the tight (3.1 AU) M4.5+M6.5 binary 2MASS J02132062+3648506. This companion was identified using Pan-STARRS1 data an…
The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys
K. C. Chambers, E. A. Magnier, N. Metcalfe +123
Pan-STARRS1 has carried out a set of distinct synoptic imaging sky surveys including the Steradian Survey and the Medium Deep Survey in 5 bands (). The mean 5 p…
Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking
C. Z. Waters, E. A. Magnier, P. A. Price +17
The Pan-STARRS1 Science Consortium have carried out a set of imaging surveys using the 1.4 giga-pixel GPC1 camera on the PS1 telescope. As this camera is composed of many individua…
Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis : Source Detection and Characterization
Eugene A. Magnier, W. E. Sweeney, K. C. Chambers +13
Over 3 billion astronomical objects have been detected in the more than 22 million orthogonal transfer CCD images obtained as part of the Pan-STARRS1 survey. Over 85 billion i…
The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products
H. A. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, K. C. Chambers +37
This paper describes the organization of the database and the catalog data products from the Pan-STARRS1 Steradian Survey. The catalog data products are available in the form…
Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration
Eugene. A. Magnier, Edward. F. Schlafly, Douglas P. Finkbeiner +18
We present the details of the photometric and astrometric calibration of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey. The photometric goals were to reduce the systematic effects introduced by the…
The Pan-STARRS Data Processing System
Eugene A. Magnier, K. C. Chambers, H. A. Flewelling +14
The Pan-STARRS Data Processing System is responsible for the steps needed to downloaded, archive, and process all images obtained by the Pan-STARRS telescopes, including real-time…
Pan-Planets: Searching for hot Jupiters around cool dwarfs
C. Obermeier, J. Koppenhoefer, R. P. Saglia +18
The Pan-Planets survey observed an area of 42 sq deg. in the galactic disk for about 165 hours. The main scientific goal of the project is the detection of transiting planets aroun…
Sagittarius II, Draco II and Laevens 3: three new Milky Way satellites discovered in the Pan-STARRS 1 3pi Survey
Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Edouard J. Bernard +17
We present the discovery of three new Milky Way satellites from our search for compact stellar overdensities in the photometric catalog of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid…
Discovery of eight z ~ 6 quasars from Pan-STARRS1
E. Bañados, B. P. Venemans, E. Morganson +24
High-redshift quasars are currently the only probes of the growth of supermassive black holes and potential tracers of structure evolution at early cosmic time. Here we present our…
A new distant Milky Way globular cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π survey
Benjamin P. M. Laevens, Nicolas F. Martin, Branimir Sesar +20
We present a new satellite in the outer halo of the Galaxy, the first Milky Way satellite found in the stacked photometric catalog of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Respo…
Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey
M. McCrum, S. J. Smartt, A. Rest +36
The Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) survey has obtained imaging in 5 bands (grizy_P1) over 10 Medium Deep Survey (MDS) fields covering a total of 70 square degrees. This paper describes the sear…
Characterization of the Praesepe Star Cluster by Photometry and Proper Motions with 2MASS, PPMXL, and Pan-STARRS
P. F. Wang, W. P. Chen, C. C. Lin +31
Membership identification is the first step to determine the properties of a star cluster. Low-mass members in particular could be used to trace the dynamical history, such as mass…
The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2
N. Metcalfe, D. J. Farrow, S. Cole +15
The Pan-STARRS1 survey is acquiring multi-epoch imaging in 5 bands (grizy) over the entire sky north of declination -30deg (the survey). In July 2011 a test area of about 70 s…
The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift
M. McCrum, S. J. Smartt, R. Kotak +37
We present optical photometric and spectroscopic coverage of the superluminous supernova (SLSN) PS1-11ap, discovered with the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey at z = 0.524. This intr…
Slowly fading super-luminous supernovae that are not pair-instability explosions
M. Nicholl, S. J. Smartt, A. Jerkstrand +57
Super-luminous supernovae that radiate more than 10^44 ergs per second at their peak luminosity have recently been discovered in faint galaxies at redshifts of 0.1-4. Some evolve s…
Cosmological Constraints from Measurements of Type Ia Supernovae discovered during the first 1.5 years of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey
A. Rest, D. Scolnic, R. J. Foley +46
We present griz light curves of 146 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia Supernovae () discovered during the first 1.5 years of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. T…
Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample
D. Scolnic, A. Rest, A. Riess +46
We probe the systematic uncertainties from 113 Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) sample along with 197 SN Ia from a combination of low-redshift surveys. The compan…
Super Luminous Ic Supernovae: catching a magnetar by the tail
C. Inserra, S. J. Smartt, A. Jerkstrand +37
We report extensive observational data for five of the lowest redshift Super-Luminous Type Ic Supernovae (SL-SNe Ic) discovered to date, namely PTF10hgi, SN2011ke, PTF11rks, SN2011…
The Pan-STARRS 1 Photometric Reference Ladder, Release 12.0
E. A. Magnier, E. Schlafly, D. Finkbeiner +11
As of 2012 Jan 21, the Pan-STARRS 1 3πSurvey has observed the 3/4 of the sky visible from Hawaii with a minimum of 2 and mean of 7.6 observations in 5 filters, g_p1, r_p1, i_p1, z_…
PAndromeda - first results from the high-cadence monitoring of M31 with Pan-STARRS 1
C. -H. Lee, A. Riffeser, J. Koppenhoefer +19
The Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) survey of M31 (PAndromeda) is designed to identify gravitational microlensing events, caused by bulge and disk stars (self-lensing) and by compact matter in…
HIP 38939B: A New Benchmark T Dwarf in the Galactic Plane Discovered with Pan-STARRS1
Niall R. Deacon, Michael C. Liu, Eugene A. Magnier +13
We report the discovery of a wide brown dwarf companion to the mildly metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-0.24), low galactic latitude (b = 1.88 deg) K4V star HIP 38939. The companion was discover…
Four new T dwarfs identified in PanSTARRS 1 commissioning data
Niall R. Deacon, Michael C. Liu, Eugene A. Magnier +14
A complete well-defined sample of ultracool dwarfs is one of the key science programs of the Pan-STARRS 1 optical survey telescope (PS1). Here we combine PS1 commissioning data wit…
Ultra-bright optical transients are linked with type Ic supernovae
A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt, M. T. Botticella +41
Recent searches by unbiased, wide-field surveys have uncovered a group of extremely luminous optical transients. The initial discoveries of SN 2005ap by the Texas Supernova Search…