The Catalina Sky Survey: Processes and Products
When
3:45 – 4:45 p.m., Oct. 1, 2024
Where
Kuiper 308 and Zoom
Carson Fuls
Director, Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
The Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) has been in operation for over 25 years surveying the sky each night to discover new near-Earth objects (NEOs). In this talk, we will detail our nightly operations, including survey strategy, image processing, and moving object detection. We will also provide details on our follow-up observations of known NEOs. Finally, we will discuss the data products of the survey including our extensive observations of minor planets across the solar system and the years of wide-field images available in our archive.
Host: Dr. Michael Nolan