The Catalina Real-time Transient Survey
A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, J. L. Prieto, E. Beshore,, M. J. Graham, M. Catalan, S. Larson, E. Christensen, C. Donalek, R., Williams
TL;DR
The Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) monitors a large sky area over various timescales, discovering and publishing thousands of transient astrophysical events in real-time, significantly advancing transient astronomy.
Contribution
CRTS provides an extensive, real-time survey of transient events over 33,000 square degrees, with a large dataset and rapid dissemination of discoveries.
Findings
Discovered over 4,000 unique optical transient events.
Covered 33,000 square degrees of the sky.
Provided real-time data and discoveries.
Abstract
The Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) currently covers 33,000 deg^2 of the sky in search of transient astrophysical events, with time baselines ranging from 10 minutes to ~7 years. Data provided by the Catalina Sky Survey provides an unequaled baseline against which >4,000 unique optical transient events have been discovered and openly published in real-time. Here we highlight some of the discoveries of CRTS.
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