Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Documentation and Presentations
- ZTF Forced Photometry Service User Guide (describes new batch service; May 2023):
ZFPS User Guide
- Overview of ZTF Data System (Caltech, Pasadena; February 2023):
ZTF Data System Overview
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Caltech, Pasadena; June 2021):
ZTF Data System: status update & plans
- NEOO Program Meeting presentation (February 2021):
Processing and NEO Discovery with ZTF
- ZTF Public Data Release 4 Description (December 2020):
HTML page or PDF copy
- ZTF Data System Review for NSF Site Visit (Pasadena; November 19, 2020):
ZTF Data System Review for NSF Visit
- ZTF-I to ZTF-II Transition Celebration (Caltech, Pasadena; October 2020):
ZTF Data System: Phase-II Plans & Schedule
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Caltech, Pasadena; October 2020):
ZTF Data System: Status & Phase-II Plans
- Exploring impact of unweighted vs weighted flatfielding on PSF-fit photometry (Pasadena; September 2020):
Unweighted vs Weighted flatfielding: PSF-fit photometry
- Greater IPAC Science Symposium presentation (Pasadena; August 2020):
The ZTF Third Public Data Release and Science Opportunities
- Exploring impact of filterless flatfielding on PSF-fit photometry (Pasadena; August 2020):
Filtered vs Filterless flatfielding: PSF-fit photometry
- ZTF Public Data Release 3 Description (June 2020):
HTML page or PDF copy
- Suspect Reference Images and Analysis Recipe (March 2020):
Suspect Reference Images used for Image Subtraction
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin; March 2020):
ZTF Science Data System: Progress & Plans
- Exploring spatial variations in PSF shape (Pasadena; April 2020):
Spatial variations in PSF shape
- Exploring spatial variations in photometry: Aperture vs PSF-fitting (Pasadena; February 2020):
Spatial variations in photometry
- ZTF Public Data Release 2 Description (December 2019):
HTML page or PDF copy
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (University of Washington; September 2019):
ZTF Science Data System: Progress & Plans
- ZTF Reference Image discussion (Pasadena; August 26, 2019):
Reference Image Reanalysis
- Greater IPAC Science Symposium presentation (Pasadena; July 2019):
The ZTF First Public Data Release and Beyond
- EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting (Switzerland, Geneva; September 2019):
Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids with the Zwicky Transient facility (presentation)
- EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting (Switzerland, Geneva; September 2019):
Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids with the Zwicky Transient facility (abstract)
- ZTF Public Data Release 1 Description (May 2019):
HTML page or PDF copy
- Planetary Defense Conference (College Park MD; April 2019); poster #19-02-P10:
MODE: a new Moving Object Discovery Engine
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Israel; March 2019):
ZTF Science Data System Status
- White paper on ZTF forced photometry service (February 2019):
Generating Light-Curves from Forced PSF-fit Photometry on
ZTF Difference Images
- ZTF Operations Cost Review (Pasadena; December 2018):
ZTF Data System: Operations Cost Review
- ZTF Development Completion Review (Pasadena; November 2018):
ZTF Data System: Development Completion Review
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Stockholm; August 2018):
ZTF Science Data System Status
- ZTF Science Data System Review for NSF Site Visit (Pasadena; July 16, 2018):
ZTF Data System Review for NSF Visit
- ZTF Science Data System Update for Board (Pasadena; June 21, 2018):
ZTF Data System update; Board Meeting
- ZTF Public Alerts Readiness Review (Pasadena; May 2018):
ZTF Alert Packet Contents
- ZTF Science Data System Advisories and Cautionary Notes (progressively updated):
ZSDS Advisories and Cautionary Notes
- ZTF Science Data System description (progressively updated):
The ZTF Science Data System
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Pasadena; March 2018):
ZTF Data System: Operations Plan
- ZTF Science Working Group meeting (Pasadena; March 2018):
ZTF Science Data System Status
- AAS 231st Meeting (Washington DC; January 2018); poster #362.04:
Data Processing and Product Access for the Zwicky Transient Facility
- ZTF Science Data System Update for Board (Pasadena; December 2017):
ZTF Data System update; Board Meeting
- ZTF Operations Readiness Review (Pasadena; September 2017):
ZTF Operations Readiness Review
- Fake Transient Injection (August 2017)
- ZTF Working Group meeting (Pasadena; August 2017):
ZTF Data System, Deliverables and Plans
- ZTF Machine Learning working group meeting (Pasadena; July 2017):
ZTF Real-Time Pipeline
- Joint UW--ZTF Meeting (Seattle; April 2017):
ZTF Data System and Deliverables
- ZTF Galactic Science Workshop (Pasadena; March 2017):
ZTF Pipelines and Deliverables
- ZTF Depot QA Metrics (8/25/2017)
- ZTF Depot Interface and Products (3/1/2017)
- Marshalling of ZTF Realtime Products (1/26/2017)
- ZSDS Update and Plans (Pasadena; March 2017):
ZSDS Update and Plans
- ZSDS Update and Development Status (Pasadena; February 2017):
ZSDS Update and Development Status
- ZTF Working Group meeting (Pasadena; November 2016):
ZTF Pipelines Status and Deliverables
- ZTF Planning Workshop (Maryland; May 2016):
ZTF Pipelines and Deliverables
- ZTF Science Data System Update for Board (Pasadena; April 7, 2016):
ZTF Data System update; Board Meeting
- CCD Format and Header Specifications (4/4/2016)
- ZSDS File Systems (4/25/2016)
- Pipeline Data Flow in the ZSDS (4/12/2016)
- ZSDS Definitions: Software, Deliverables and Services (2/26/2016)
- First ZTF Data System Review (Pasadena; December 2015):
ZTF Data System Review