/ztfrest

ZTF REaltime Search and Triggering

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ztfrest

ZTF REaltime Search and Triggering

Reference

Andreoni & Coughlin et al. (2021); The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 918, Issue 2, id.63, 16 pp.

Project outline

In this project we query the ZTF Alert database using Kowalski and we use forced photometry to identify rapidly fading candidates in quasi real time and trigger follow-up obseervations.

Transient searching flowchart

Software