Cyclical Sky Surveys - From Earth Impactors to the Edge of the Universe

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) has begun deployment with the Pan-STARRS Telescope No. 1 (PS1) at Haleakala Observatories, Maui, Hawaii.

The PS1 System includes the Observatory, Telescope, Camera, and associated computer hardware and software systems for control, data reduction, analysis and a relational database.

PS1 will be able to scan the visible sky to approximately 23rd magnitude in less than one week. This unique combination of sensitivity and field of view will open many new possibilities in time-domain astronomy and address a wide range of astrophysical problems in the Solar System, the Galaxy, and the Universe.