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Mark Waterson
Researcher at University of Hawaii
Publications - 8
Citations - 1276
Mark Waterson is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spectrograph & Spectral resolution. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications receiving 1209 citations.
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Pan-STARRS: a large synoptic survey telescope array
Nick Kaiser,Herve Aussel,Barry E. Burke,Hans Boesgaard,K. C. Chambers,Mark Chun,J. N. Heasley,Klaus-Werner Hodapp,Bobby R. Hunt,Robert Jedicke,David Jewitt,R.-P. Kudritzki,Gerard Anthony Luppino,Michael Maberry,Eugene A. Magnier,David G. Monet,Peter M. Onaka,Andrew J. Pickles,P. H. Rhoads,Theodore Simon,Alexander S. Szalay,István Szapudi,David J. Tholen,John L. Tonry,Mark Waterson,John Wick +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the motivation for a distributed aperture approach for the LSST, the current concept for Pan-STARRS, and its performance goals and science reach.
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Ultra-bright optical transients are linked with type Ic supernovae
Andrea Pastorello,Stephen J. Smartt,M. T. Botticella,Kate Maguire,Morgan Fraser,K. W. Smith,Rubina Kotak,L. Magill,Stefano Valenti,David Young,Suvi Gezari,Fabio Bresolin,R. P. Kudritzki,D. A. Howell,Armin Rest,Nigel Metcalfe,Seppo Mattila,Seppo Mattila,Erkki Kankare,Erkki Kankare,Kuiyun Huang,Yuji Urata,William S. Burgett,K. C. Chambers,T. Dombeck,T. Flewelling,Tommy Grav,J. N. Heasley,Klaus W. Hodapp,Nick Kaiser,G. A. Luppino,Robert H. Lupton,Eugene A. Magnier,David G. Monet,John Morgan,Peter M. Onaka,P. A. Price,P. H. Rhoads,Walter A. Siegmund,Christopher W. Stubbs,W. Sweeney,John L. Tonry,Richard J. Wainscoat,Mark Waterson,Christopher Waters,C. G. Wynn-Williams +45 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the most detailed photometric and spectral coverage of an ultra-bright transient (SN 2010gx) detected in the Pan-STARRS 1 sky survey.
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Design of the Pan‐STARRS telescopes
Klaus-Werner Hodapp,Nick Kaiser,Herve Aussel,W. S. Burgett,K. C. Chambers,M. Chun,T. Dombeck,A. Douglas,D. Hafner,J. N. Heasley,J. Hoblitt,C. Hude,S. Isani,Robert Jedicke,David Jewitt,Uwe Laux,G. A. Luppino,Robert H. Lupton,Michael Maberry,Eugene A. Magnier,Edward J. Mannery,David G. Monet,John Morgan,Peter M. Onaka,P. A. Price,Alan Ryan,Walter A. Siegmund,István Szapudi,John L. Tonry,Richard J. Wainscoat,Mark Waterson +30 more
TL;DR: Pan-STARRS as discussed by the authors, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is a project by the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, to first develop a single wide field synoptic survey telescope (PanSTARRS-1) followed by a system of four such telescopes.
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SN 2009kf : a UV bright type IIP supernova discovered with Pan-STARRS 1 and GALEX
M. T. Botticella,Carrie Trundle,A. Pastorello,S. Rodney,Armin Rest,Suvi Gezari,S. J. Smartt,Gautham Narayan,M. E. Huber,John L. Tonry,D. R. Young,K. W. Smith,F. Bresolin,S. Valenti,Rubina Kotak,Seppo Mattila,Erkki Kankare,W. M. Wood-Vasey,Adam G. Riess,James D. Neill,K. Forster,D. C. Martin,Christopher W. Stubbs,W. S. Burgett,K. C. Chambers,T. Dombeck,H. Flewelling,T. Grav,J. N. Heasley,Klaus W. Hodapp,Nick Kaiser,R. P. Kudritzki,G. A. Luppino,Robert H. Lupton,E. A. Magnier,David G. Monet,John Morgan,Peter M. Onaka,P. A. Price,P. H. Rhoads,Walter A. Siegmund,W. E. Sweeney,R. J. Wainscoat,Christopher M. Waters,Mark Waterson,C. G. Wynn-Williams +45 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present photometric and spectroscopic observations of a luminous type IIP supernova 2009kf discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) survey and detected also by GALEX.
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Characterization of Meteorological and Seeing Conditions at Haleakala
Eliza S. Bradley,Lewis C. Roberts,L. William Bradford,Mark A. Skinner,David A. Nahrstedt,Mark Waterson,Jeff Kuhn +6 more
TL;DR: The authors presented several years' worth of data on weather (cloud statistics, relative humidity, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction) and seeing conditions for Haleakala and examined the dependence of seeing on wind.