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Ken Chambers

Dr. Kenneth C. Chambers
Astronomer/Professor, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Director Pan-STARRS Observatories
Astronomy Faculty, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii




Teaching Fall 2025

• Astro 110: Survey of Astronomy (UH Lamakū course site) - Nā Kūpuna students welcome
  • Astro 110 Survey of Astronomy Syllabus

Research

• Recent Preprints
• Recent Publications
  

Projects

• Pan-STARRS
  > Get Pan-STARRS Data at STScI
• Ultraviolet Near Infrared Optical Northern Survey - UNIONS
• Young Supernova Experiment
• Euclid Mission to map the Dark Universe
• LIGO - Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Observatory Binary Neutron Star Merger Event Followup

Recent Pan-STARRS Discoveries

• Minor Planet Circulars - Pan-STARRS Discoveries of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids and Near Earth Objects
• Astronomical Telegrams, GCNs, CBETs, IAUCs, TNSANs - Rapid Communication of Pan-STARRS Discoveries of Supernova and other transients
• Transient Discovery Reports from Pan-STARRS

Current Transient Alerts from Pan-STARRS

• Pan-STARRS Transients -- Unclassified (no spectra yet)
• Pan-STARRS Transients -- Classified (have spectra)

Current NEO Candidates, Potentially Hazardous Asteroids, and Comets from Pan-STARRS

• NEO Confirmation Page - current NEO candidates
• Summary of PHA and NEO Discoveries - Observatory Code F51 = Pan-STARRS1, F52 = Pan-STARRS2
• Discovered Comets and Named Minor Planets in current year



Pan-STARRS Data Release from MAST @ STScI

• These six papers describe the Pan-STARRS1 Surveys and the data processing and data products:
• Paper I. The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys, Chambers, K. C. et al.
• Paper II. Pan-STARRS Data Processing System, Magnier, E. A., et al.
• Paper III. Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking, Waters, C. Z., et al.
• Paper IV. Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization, Magnier, E. A., et al.
• Paper V. Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration, Magnier, E. A., et al.
• Paper VI. The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products, Flewelling, H. A., et al.
• Press Release on Public Release of Pan-STARRS1 Data

Awards and Honors

• Regent's Medal for Excellence in Research, 2023, University of Hawaii
• Faculty Excellence Award, 2012, Institute for Astronomy
• Regent's Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1999, University of Hawaii
• Chretien International Research Award, American Astronomical Society, 1989
• Asteroid 2010 LA153 Kennethchambers,
  the first asteroid found by the PS2 Telescope,
  has been named in his honor by the International Astronomical Union

Teaching

• Undergraduate
• Astro 110, Survey of Astronomy
• Graduate
• Astro 626, Galaxies
• Astro 627, Cosmology
• Astro 641, Active Galaxies
• Seminars
• Astro 734, Seminar: Astrophysics of Active Galactic Nuclei
• Astro 735, Seminar: Pan-STARRS

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Press coverage and Outreach

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chambers at ifa.hawaii.edu