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QUEST

(sixteen square-degree survey camera)

QUEST is a wide-angle survey CCD camera with which the entire sky can be scanned in three days, intended to look for changes (transients) within such a time frame. It is currently on the La Silla Observatory (LSO) ESO Schmidt Telescope, and is used for surveys such as LaSilla-QUEST Variability Survey. Before that, it was on the Palomar 48 Inch Telescope, for the Palomar-Quest Sky Survey.


(instrument,surveys,transients,camera)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory#ESO_Schmidt_telescope
http://www.astro.yale.edu/mschwamb/Quest_La_Silla_KBO_Survey/Telescope_and_Camera.html
https://hep.yale.edu/research/la-silla-quest-variablity-survey
https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2012/surveys2012/Presentations/Day4-Thursday/Baltay.pdf

Referenced by pages:
ESO Schmidt Telescope
LaSilla-QUEST Variability Survey (LSQ)
Palomar 48 Inch Telescope (P48)
QUEST
Swope Supernova Survey (SSS)

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