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Ken Chambers

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

Teaching Spring 2022

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

Research

• Recent Preprints
• Recent Publications
  

Projects

• Pan-STARRS
• PS1 Science Consortium
• Ultraviolet Near Infrared Optical Northern Survey - UNIONS

Recent Pan-STARRS Discoveries

• Minor Planet Circulars - Pan-STARRS Discoveries of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids and Near Earth Objects
• Astronomical Telegrams, GCNs, CBETs, IAUCs - 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
• Chretien Award, American Astronomical Society, 1989
• University of Hawaii Regent's Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1999
• Institute for Astronomy Faculty Excellence Award, 2012
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

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

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chambers at ifa.hawaii.edu