Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati PTF YYaaa$
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Details on Acronym:   PTF
  
PTF (Palomar Transient Factory)
Write:<<PTF YYa>>
<<PTF YYaa>>
<<PTF YYaaa>>
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N: 52+72+11+1
Object:Opt. Transient  (SIMBAD class: Transient = Transient Event)
Note:Palomar 48-inch telescope observations within the Palomar Transient Factory survey.
Only the first references are given here.
Ref:=2009PASP..121.1395L
byLAW N.M. , KULKARNI S.R., DEKANY R.G., OFEK E.O., QUIMBY R.M., NUGENT P.E., SURACE J., GRILLMAIR C.C., BLOOM J.S., KASLIWAL M.M., BILDSTEN L., BROWN T., CENKO S.B., CIARDI D., CRONER E., DJORGOVSKI S.G., VAN EYKEN J., FILIPPENKO A.V., FOX D.B., GAL-YAM A., HALE D., HAMAM N., HELOU G., HENNING J., HOWELL D.A., JACOBSEN J., LAHER R., MATTINGLY S., McKENNA D., PICKLES A., POZNANSKI D., RAHMER G., RAU A., ROSING W., SHARA M., SMITH R., STARR D., SULLIVAN M., VELUR V., WALTERS R., ZOLKOWER J.
 PASP, 121, 1395-1408 (2009)
  The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance, and first results.
oTable 3: <PTF YYaa> N=52.
Ref:=2010ApJ...721..777A
byARCAVI I. , GAL-YAM A., KASLIWAL M.M., QUIMBY R.M., OFEK E.O., KULKARNI S.R., NUGENT P.E., CENKO S.B., BLOOM J.S., SULLIVAN M., HOWELL D.A., POZNANSKI D., FILIPPENKO A.V., LAW N., HOOK I., JONSSON J., BLAKE S., COOKE J., DEKANY R., RAHMER G., HALE D., SMITH R., ZOLKOWER J., VELUR V., WALTERS R., HENNING J., BUI K., McKENNA D., JACOBSEN J.
 Astrophys. J., 721, 777-784 (2010)
  Core-collapse supernovae from the Palomar transient factory: indications for a different population in dwarf galaxies.
oTable 1: <PTF YYaaa> N=72.
Ref:=2011ApJ...727L..35C
byCOOKE J. , ELLIS R.S., SULLIVAN M., NUGENT P., HOWELL D.A., GAL-YAM A., LIDMAN C., BLOOM J.S., CENKO S.B., KASLIWAL M.M., KULKARNI S.R., LAW N.M., OFEK E.O., QUIMBY R.M.
 Astrophys. J., 727L, 35 (2011)
  Hubble space telescope studies of nearby type Ia supernovae: the mean maximum light ultraviolet spectrum and its dispersion.
oTable 1: <PTF YYaaa> N=11.
Ref:=2011AJ....141...40C
byCOVEY K.R. , HILLENBRAND L.A., MILLER A.A., POZNANSKI D., CENKO S.B., SILVERMAN J.M., BLOOM J.S., KASLIWAL M.M., FISCHER W., RAYNER J., REBULL L.M., BUTLER N.R., FILIPPENKO A.V., LAW N.M., OFEK E.O., AGUEROS M., DEKANY R.G., RAHMER G., HALE D., SMITH R., QUIMBY R.M., NUGENT P., JACOBSEN J., ZOLKOWER J., VELUR V., WALTERS R., HENNING J., BUI K., McKENNA D., KULKARNI S.R., KLEIN C.
 Astron. J., 141, 40 (2011)
  PTF10nvg: an outbursting class I protostar in the Pelican/North american nebula.
oText: <PTF 10nvg> N=1.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)