ZTF Community Workshop at AAS 229


Workshop Description

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a next-generation optical time-domain survey that will run from 2017-2020 and enable LSST precursor science. This workshop introduced ZTF, its data products, and its planned public surveys. Attendees performed quantitative comparisons of planned ZTF and LSST-observing strategies using the Metrics Analysis Framework.

Workshop Details

  • Date: January 3, 2017; 1:00 – 5:00 pm
  • Location: AAS 229 Meeting, Grapevine, TX
  • More information: Workshop website

Workshop Support

LSSTC Support: $3,750