Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)

ZTF is a wide-field, optical survey imaging in three bands: r, g, and i. It produces an alert stream of astronomical transients detected by difference imaging at a rate of 10^5 - 10^6 alerts per night. It scans the entire Northern sky every two days.

Mission resources:

• ZTF Homepage

• ZTF Science Data System Explanatory Supplement

Data products:

• Alert Stream. The schema can be viewed at https://zwickytransientfacility.github.io/ztf-avro-alert/schema.html. Complete documentation can be found at the mission resources above.