An open optical transient survey |
TelescopesCRTS uses data from three telescopes run by the Catalina Sky Survey. More details about these can be found here. Each telescope currently uses a 4k X 4k CCD and avoids the Galactic plane by 10 deg because of crowding. |
MLSThe Mt. Lemmon Survey 1.5m Cass |
CSSCatalina Sky Survey 0.7m Schmidt |
SSSSiding Springs Survey 0.5m Schmidt |
Survey region (deg) |
+/- 5 deg ecliptic |
-25 < Dec < +70 |
-80 < Dec < 0 |
Field of View (square deg) |
1.2 |
8.1 |
4.2 |
Mag limit (V) |
21.5 |
19.5 |
19.0 |
Coverage All telescopes |
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