ZTF First Light 2
ZTF took this "first-light" image on Nov.1, 2017, after being installed at the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. The full-resolution version is more than 24,000 pixels by 24,000 pixels. Each ZTF image covers a sky area equal to 247 full moons. The Orion nebula is at lower right.
ZTF First Light Gallery
This image shows the section of the sky featured in the ZTF "first light" image, in the context of the constellation Orion.
ZTF First Light Installation
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) instrument being installed on the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescopeat Palomar Observatory. The large-format CCD camera at the heart of ZTF is located inside the telescope tube, at the focus of the primary mirror.
ZTF Installation
Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) team members install the 605-mega pixel, wide-field camera at the prime focus of the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory.
ZTF Installation
Technical lead Roger Smith, of Caltech Optical Observatories, inspects one of the three wide-field optical filters used for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) science survey.
ZTF Camera
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) camera at a laboratory at Caltech.
Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky at the 18-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory in the 1930s. Zwicky did extensive work looking for variable objects, and identified over 100 supernovas in his lifetime.
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