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Dr Peter Draper's Outputs (79)

Swift: A modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications (2024)
Journal Article
Schaller, M., Borrow, J., Draper, P. W., Ivkovic, M., McAlpine, S., Vandenbroucke, B., Bahé, Y., Chaikin, E., Chalk, A. B. G., Chan, T. K., Correa, C., van Daalen, M., Elbers, W., Gonnet, P., Hausammann, L., Helly, J., Huško, F., Kegerreis, J. A., Nobels, F. S. J., Ploeckinger, S., …Xiang, Z. (2024). Swift: A modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(2), 2378–2419. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae922

Numerical simulations have become one of the key tools used by theorists in all the fields of astrophysics and cosmology. The development of modern tools that target the largest existing computing systems and exploit state-of-the-art numerical method... Read More about Swift: A modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications.

The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products (2020)
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Flewelling, H., Magnier, E., Chambers, K., Heasley, J., Holmberg, C., Huber, M., …Shiao, B. (2020). The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82d

This paper describes the organization of the database and the catalog data products from the Pan-STARRS1 3π Steradian Survey. The catalog data products are available in the form of an SQL-based relational database from MAST, the Mikulski Archive for... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products.

Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking (2020)
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Waters, C., Magnier, E., Price, P., Chambers, K., Burgett, W., Draper, P., …Wood-Vasey, W. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82b

The Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Science Consortium has carried out a set of imaging surveys using the 1.4 gigapixel GPC1 camera on the PS1 telescope. As this camera is composed of many individual electronic readouts and covers a very large field of view, great... Read More about Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking.

The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System (2020)
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Magnier, E. A., Chambers, K., Flewelling, H., Hoblitt, J., Huber, M., Price, P., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb829

The Pan-STARRS data-processing system is responsible for the steps needed to downloaded, archive, and process all images obtained by the Pan-STARRS telescopes, including real-time detection of transient sources such as supernovae and moving objects i... Read More about The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System.

Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization (2020)
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Magnier, E. A., Sweeney, W., Chambers, K., Flewelling, H., Huber, M., Price, P., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82c

Over 3 billion astronomical sources have been detected in the more than 22 million orthogonal transfer CCD images obtained as part of the Pan-STARRS1 3π survey. Over 85 billion instances of those sources have been automatically detected and character... Read More about Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization.

Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration (2020)
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Magnier, E. A., Schlafly, E. F., Finkbeiner, D. P., Tonry, J., Goldman, B., Röser, S., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82a

We present the details of the photometric and astrometric calibration of the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. The photometric goals were to reduce the systematic effects introduced by the camera and detectors, and to place all of the observations onto a photom... Read More about Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration.

Cepheids in M31: The PAndromeda Cepheid Sample (2018)
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Kodric, M., Riffeser, A., Hopp, U., Goessl, C., Seitz, S., Bender, R., …Wainscoat, R. (2018). Cepheids in M31: The PAndromeda Cepheid Sample. Astronomical Journal, 156(3), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aad40f

We present the largest Cepheid sample in M31 based on the complete Pan-STARRS1 survey of Andromeda (PAndromeda) in the r P1, i P1, and g P1 bands. We find 2686 Cepheids with 1662 fundamental-mode Cepheids, 307 first-overtone Cepheids, 278 type II Cep... Read More about Cepheids in M31: The PAndromeda Cepheid Sample.

The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample (2018)
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Scolnic, D., Jones, D., Rest, A., Pan, Y., Chornock, R., Foley, R., …Smith, K. (2018). The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample. Astrophysical Journal, 859(2), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab9bb

We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for $365$ spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Survey. We detail improvements to the PS1 SN photometry, astrometry, and... Read More about The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample.

Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters (2018)
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Jones, D., Scolnic, D., Riess, A., Rest, A., Kirshner, R., Berger, E., …Smith, K. (2018). Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters. Astrophysical Journal, 857(1), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab6b1

We use 1169 Pan-STARRS supernovae (SNe) and 195 low-z (z < 0.1) SNe Ia to measure cosmological parameters. Though most Pan-STARRS SNe lack spectroscopic classifications, in a previous paper we demonstrated that photometrically classified SNe can be u... Read More about Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters.

The Geometry of the Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3π RR Lyrae (2017)
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Hernitschek, N., Sesar, B., Rix, H., Belokurov, V., Martinez-Delgado, D., Martin, N. F., …Draper, P. W. (2017). The Geometry of the Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3π RR Lyrae. Astrophysical Journal, 850(1), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa960c

We present a comprehensive and precise description of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stellar stream's 3D geometry as traced by its old stellar population. This analysis draws on the sample of ∼44,000 RR Lyrae (RRab) stars from the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) 3π survey... Read More about The Geometry of the Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3π RR Lyrae.

The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-deep Survey: Star Formation Quenching in Group and Cluster Environments (2017)
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Jian, H., Lin, L., Lin, K., Foucaud, S., Chen, C., Chiueh, T., …Waters, C. (2017). The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-deep Survey: Star Formation Quenching in Group and Cluster Environments. Astrophysical Journal, 845(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7de2

We make use of a catalog of 1600 Pan-STARRS1 groups produced by the probability friends-of-friends algorithm to explore how the galaxy properties, i.e., the specific star formation rate (SSFR) and quiescent fraction, depend on stellar mass and group-... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-deep Survey: Star Formation Quenching in Group and Cluster Environments.

Constraining the Radio-loud Fraction of Quasars at z > 5.5 (2015)
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Bañados, E., Venemans, B., Morganson, E., Hodge, J., Decarli, R., Walter, F., …Wainscoat, R. (2015). Constraining the Radio-loud Fraction of Quasars at z > 5.5. Astrophysical Journal, 804(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/804/2/118

Radio-loud active galactic nuclei at $z\sim 2-4$ are typically located in dense environments and their host galaxies are among the most massive systems at those redshifts, providing key insights for galaxy evolution. Finding radio-loud quasars at the... Read More about Constraining the Radio-loud Fraction of Quasars at z > 5.5.

Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey (2015)
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McCrum, M., Smartt, S., Rest, A., Smith, K., Kotak, R., Rodney, S., …Waters, C. (2015). Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1206-1231. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv034

The Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) survey has obtained imaging in five bands (griz yP1) over 10 Medium Deep Survey (MDS) fields covering a total of 70 square degrees. This paper describes the search for apparently hostless supernovae (SNe) within the first year o... Read More about Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey.

The Identification of Z-dropouts in Pan-STARRS1: Three Quasars at 6.5< z< 6.7 (2015)
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Venemans, B., Bañados, E., Decarli, R., Farina, E., Walter, F., Chambers, K., …Sullivan, P. (2015). The Identification of Z-dropouts in Pan-STARRS1: Three Quasars at 6.5< z< 6.7. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 801(1), Article L11. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/l11

Luminous distant quasars are unique probes of the high-redshift intergalactic medium (IGM) and of the growth of massive galaxies and black holes in the early universe. Absorption due to neutral hydrogen in the IGM makes quasars beyond a redshift of $... Read More about The Identification of Z-dropouts in Pan-STARRS1: Three Quasars at 6.5< z< 6.7.

Toward Characterization of the Type IIP Supernova Progenitor Population: A Statistical Sample of Light Curves from Pan-STARRS1 (2015)
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Sanders, N., Soderberg, A., Gezari, S., Betancourt, M., Chornock, R., Berger, E., …Waters, C. (2015). Toward Characterization of the Type IIP Supernova Progenitor Population: A Statistical Sample of Light Curves from Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/208

In recent years, wide-field sky surveys providing deep multiband imaging have presented a new path for indirectly characterizing the progenitor populations of core-collapse supernovae (SNe): systematic light-curve studies. We assemble a set of 76 gri... Read More about Toward Characterization of the Type IIP Supernova Progenitor Population: A Statistical Sample of Light Curves from Pan-STARRS1.

Three-dimensional Dust Mapping Reveals that Orion Forms Part of a Large Ring of Dust (2015)
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Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Rix, H., Burgett, W., Chambers, K., …Waters, C. (2015). Three-dimensional Dust Mapping Reveals that Orion Forms Part of a Large Ring of Dust. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/116

The Orion Molecular Complex is the nearest site of ongoing high-mass star formation, making it one of the most extensively studied molecular complexes in the Galaxy. We have developed a new technique for mapping the three-dimensional distribution of... Read More about Three-dimensional Dust Mapping Reveals that Orion Forms Part of a Large Ring of Dust.

Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample (2014)
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Scolnic, D., Rest, A., Riess, A., Huber, M., Foley, R., Brout, D., …Waters, C. (2014). Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample. Astrophysical Journal, 795(1), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/795/1/45

We probe the systematic uncertainties from the 113 Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) sample along with 197 SN Ia from a combination of low-redshift surveys. The companion paper by Rest et al. describes the photometric measurements a... Read More about Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample.

Wide Cool and Ultracool Companions to Nearby Stars from Pan-STARRS 1 (2014)
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Deacon, N., Liu, M., Magnier, E., Aller, K., Best, W., Dupuy, T., …Wainscoat, R. (2014). Wide Cool and Ultracool Companions to Nearby Stars from Pan-STARRS 1. Astrophysical Journal, 792(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/792/2/119

We present the discovery of 57 wide (>5'') separation, low-mass (stellar and substellar) companions to stars in the solar neighborhood identified from Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) data and the spectral classification of 31 previously known companions. Our comp... Read More about Wide Cool and Ultracool Companions to Nearby Stars from Pan-STARRS 1.

Serendipitous discovery of a thin stellar stream near the Galactic bulge in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey (2014)
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Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Schlafly, E., Abbas, M., Bell, E., Deacon, N., …Waters, C. (2014). Serendipitous discovery of a thin stellar stream near the Galactic bulge in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 443(1), L84-L88. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu089

We report the discovery of a thin stellar stream found in Pan-STARRS1 photometry near the Galactic bulge in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It appears as a coherent structure in the colour-selected stellar density maps produced to search for tidal de... Read More about Serendipitous discovery of a thin stellar stream near the Galactic bulge in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey.

Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system (2014)
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Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Schlafly, E., Platais, I., Bell, E., Martin, N., …Waters, C. (2014). Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), 2999-3009. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1081

We present the fiducial sequences of a sample of Galactic star clusters in the five bands of the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) photometric system (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1, and yP1). These empirical sequences – which include the red giant and sub-giant branches, the m... Read More about Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system.

The Complex Structure of Stars in the Outer Galactic Disk as Revealed by Pan-STARRS1 (2014)
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Slater, C., Bell, E., Schlafly, E., Morganson, E., Martin, N., Rix, H., …Waters, C. (2014). The Complex Structure of Stars in the Outer Galactic Disk as Revealed by Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 791(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/791/1/9

We present a panoptic view of the stellar structure in the Galactic disk's outer reaches commonly known as the Monoceros Ring, based on data from Pan-STARRS1. These observations clearly show the large extent of the stellar overdensities on both sides... Read More about The Complex Structure of Stars in the Outer Galactic Disk as Revealed by Pan-STARRS1.

A Map of Dust Reddening to 4.5 kpc from Pan-STARRS1 (2014)
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Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Jurić, M., Rix, H., Martin, N., …Waters, C. (2014). A Map of Dust Reddening to 4.5 kpc from Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 789(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/789/1/15

We present a map of the dust reddening to 4.5 kpc derived from Pan-STARRS1 stellar photometry. The map covers almost the entire sky north of declination –30° at a resolution of 7'-14', and is based on the estimated distances and reddenings to more th... Read More about A Map of Dust Reddening to 4.5 kpc from Pan-STARRS1.

A Large Catalog of Accurate Distances to Molecular Clouds from PS1 Photometry (2014)
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Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Rix, H., Bell, E., Burgett, W., …Tonry, J. (2014). A Large Catalog of Accurate Distances to Molecular Clouds from PS1 Photometry. Astrophysical Journal, 786(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/1/29

Distance measurements to molecular clouds are important but are often made separately for each cloud of interest, employing very different data and techniques. We present a large, homogeneous catalog of distances to molecular clouds, most of which ar... Read More about A Large Catalog of Accurate Distances to Molecular Clouds from PS1 Photometry.

A New Distant Milky Way Globular Cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey (2014)
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Laevens, B., Martin, N., Sesar, B., Bernard, E., Rix, H., Slater, C., …Waters, C. (2014). A New Distant Milky Way Globular Cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 786(1), Article L3. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/786/1/l3

We present a new satellite in the outer halo of the Galaxy, the first Milky Way satellite found in the stacked photometric catalog of the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS1) Survey. From follow-up photometry obtained... Read More about A New Distant Milky Way Globular Cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey.

Properties of M31. IV. Candidate Luminous Blue Variables from PAndromeda (2014)
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Lee, C., Seitz, S., Kodric, M., Riffeser, A., Koppenhoefer, J., Bender, R., …Magnier, E. (2014). Properties of M31. IV. Candidate Luminous Blue Variables from PAndromeda. Astrophysical Journal, 785(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/785/1/11

We perform a study on the optical and infrared photometric properties of known luminous blue variables (LBVs) in M31 using a sample of LBV candidates from the Local Group Galaxy Survey by Masset et al. We find that M31 LBV candidates show photometric... Read More about Properties of M31. IV. Candidate Luminous Blue Variables from PAndromeda.

Measuring Distances and Reddenings for a Billion Stars: Toward a 3D Dust Map from Pan-STARRS 1 (2014)
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Green, G., Schlafly, E., Finkbeiner, D., Jurić, M., Rix, H., Burgett, W., …Waters, C. (2014). Measuring Distances and Reddenings for a Billion Stars: Toward a 3D Dust Map from Pan-STARRS 1. Astrophysical Journal, 783(2), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/783/2/114

We present a method to infer reddenings and distances to stars based only on their broad-band photometry, and show how this method can be used to produce a three-dimensional (3D) dust map of the Galaxy. Our method samples from the full probability de... Read More about Measuring Distances and Reddenings for a Billion Stars: Toward a 3D Dust Map from Pan-STARRS 1.

SPLAT-VO: Spectral Analysis Tool for the Virtual Observatory (2014)
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Castro-Neves, M., & Draper, P. (2014). SPLAT-VO: Spectral Analysis Tool for the Virtual Observatory. [[Media unknown]]

SPLAT-VO is an extension of the SPLAT (Spectral Analysis Tool, ascl:1402.007) graphical tool for displaying, comparing, modifying and analyzing astronomical spectra; it includes facilities that allow it to work as part of the Virtual Observatory (VO)... Read More about SPLAT-VO: Spectral Analysis Tool for the Virtual Observatory.

SPLAT: Spectral Analysis Tool (2014)
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Draper, P. (2014). SPLAT: Spectral Analysis Tool. [[Media unknown]]

SPLAT is a graphical tool for displaying, comparing, modifying and analyzing astronomical spectra stored in NDF, FITS and TEXT files as well as in NDX format. It can read in many spectra at the same time and then display these as line plots. Display... Read More about SPLAT: Spectral Analysis Tool.

The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8 (2014)
Journal Article
Lin, L., Jian, H., Foucaud, S., Norberg, P., Bower, R., Cole, S., …Waters, C. (2014). The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8. Astrophysical Journal, 782(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/782/1/33

Using a large optically selected sample of field and group galaxies drawn from the Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey (PS1/MDS), we present a detailed analysis of the specific star formation rate (SSFR)—stellar mass (M *) relation, as well as the quiesce... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8.

Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2 (2014)
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Farrow, D. J., Cole, S., Metcalfe, N., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Foucaud, S., …Waters, C. (2014). Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 748-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1933

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 survey is currently obtaining imaging in five bands (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1 and yP1) for the 3π steradian survey, one of the largest optical surveys ever conducted. The finished survey will have... Read More about Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2.

The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift (2014)
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McCrum, M., Smartt, S., Kotak, R., Rest, A., Jerkstrand, A., Inserra, C., …Wainscoat, R. (2014). The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 656-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1923

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic coverage of the superluminous supernova (SLSN) PS1-11ap, discovered with the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey at z = 0.524. This intrinsically blue transient rose slowly to reach a peak magnitude of Mu =... Read More about The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift.

Perseus I: a distant satellite dwarf galaxy of Andromeda (2013)
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Martin, N., Schlafly, E., Slater, C., Bernard, E., Rix, H., Bell, E., …Waters, C. (2013). Perseus I: a distant satellite dwarf galaxy of Andromeda. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 779(1), Article L10. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/779/1/l10

We present the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Perseus I/Andromeda XXXIII, found in the vicinity of Andromeda (M31) in stacked imaging data from the Pan-STARRS1 3π survey. Located 27fdg9 away from M31, Perseus I has a heliocentric distance of 785 ±... Read More about Perseus I: a distant satellite dwarf galaxy of Andromeda.

The Extremely Red, Young L Dwarf PSO J318.5338-22.8603: A Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Analog to Directly Imaged Young Gas-Giant Planets (2013)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Magnier, E., Deacon, N., Allers, K., Dupuy, T., Kotson, M., …Wainscoat, R. (2013). The Extremely Red, Young L Dwarf PSO J318.5338-22.8603: A Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Analog to Directly Imaged Young Gas-Giant Planets. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 777(2), Article L20. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/777/2/l20

We have discovered using Pan-STARRS1 an extremely red late-L dwarf, which has (J – K)MKO = 2.78 and (J – K)2MASS = 2.84, making it the reddest known field dwarf and second only to 2MASS J1207–39b among substellar companions. Near-IR spectroscopy show... Read More about The Extremely Red, Young L Dwarf PSO J318.5338-22.8603: A Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Analog to Directly Imaged Young Gas-Giant Planets.

The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2 (2013)
Journal Article
Metcalfe, N., Farrow, D., Cole, S., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Burgett, W., …Waters, C. (2013). The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(3), 1825-1839. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1343

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS1) survey is acquiring multi-epoch imaging in five bands (gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1, yP1) over the entire sky north of declination −30° (the 3π survey). In 2011 July a test area of about... Read More about The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2.

Starlink 2012: The Kapuahi Release (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Berry, D., Currie, M., Jenness, T., Draper, P., Bell, G., & Tilanus, R. (2013). Starlink 2012: The Kapuahi Release. In D. Friedel (Ed.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. Proceedings of a Conference held at University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA 4-8 November 2012

GAIA - Version 4 (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Draper, P. W., Berry, D. S., Jenness, T., & Economou, F. (2009). GAIA - Version 4. In D. Bohlender, D. Durand, & P. Dowler (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVIII: 2-5 November 2008, Hotel Loews Le Concorde, Québec City, QC, Canada (575-578)

GAIA-3D: Volume visualization of data-cubes. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Draper, P. W., Berry, D. S., Jenness, T., Economou, F., & Currie, M. J. (2008). GAIA-3D: Volume visualization of data-cubes. In R. Argyle, P. Bunclark, & J. Lewis (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems ASP Conference Series, Vol. 394, Proceedings of the conference held 23-26 September, 2007, in Kensington Town Hall, London, United Kingdom (339-342)

Starlink Software Developments. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, M., Draper, P., Berry, D., Jenness, T., Cavanagh, B., & Economou, F. (2008). Starlink Software Developments. In R. Argyle, P. Bunclark, & J. Lewis (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems ASP Conference Series, Vol. 394, Proceedings of the conference held 23-26 September, 2007, in Kensington Town Hall, London, United Kingdom (650-653)

GAIA 3D: Visualizing data cubes (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Draper, P. W., Currie, M. J., Jenness, T., Leech, J., Economou, F., Berry, D. S., & Taylor, M. B. (2007). GAIA 3D: Visualizing data cubes. In R. Shaw, F. Hill, & D. Bell (Eds.),

Porting the Starlink Software Collection to GNU Autotools (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, N., Jenness, T., Allan, A., Berry, D., Currie, M., Draper, P., …Cavanagh, B. (2005). Porting the Starlink Software Collection to GNU Autotools. In P. Shopbell, M. Britton, & R. Ebert (Eds.),

Starlink software developments (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Draper, P., Allan, A., Berry, D., Currie, M., Giaretta, D., Rankin, S., …Taylor, M. (2005). Starlink software developments. In P. Shopbell, M. Briton, & R. Ebert (Eds.),

The Nature of the Dust Disc Surrounding BD+31\deg643 (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wolstencroft, R., Andersson, B., Draper, P., Moriarty-Schieven, G., Stockdale, D., & Wannier, P. (2004). The Nature of the Dust Disc Surrounding BD+31\deg643. In A. Penny (Ed.),

Starlink Software (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Giaretta, D., Currie, M., Rankin, S., Draper, P., Berry, D., Gray, N., & Taylor, M. (2004). Starlink Software.

Web Services and Their Use in Starlink Software (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Platon, R., Chipperfield, A., Draper, P., McIlwrath, B., & Giaretta, D. (2003). Web Services and Their Use in Starlink Software.

Starlink Software Developments (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bly, M. J., Chipperfield, A. J., Giaretta, D. L., Graffagnino, V. G., McIlwrath, B. K., Platon, R. T., …Taylor, M. B. (2002). Starlink Software Developments.

Multi-band Polarimetry of BD+31(deg) 643 (1997)
Journal Article
Andersson, B., Draper, P., Scarrott, M., Stockdale, P., Wannier, P., & Wolstencroft, R. (1997). Multi-band Polarimetry of BD+31(deg) 643. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29, 1361-

Polarization studies of comet P/Swift-Tuttle (1995)
Journal Article
Eaton, N., Scarrott, S., & Draper, P. (1995). Polarization studies of comet P/Swift-Tuttle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 273, L59-L62

Imaging Polarimetry of the Blue Compact Galaxy NGC3125 (1994)
Journal Article
Alton, P., Draper, P., Gledhill, T., Stockdale, D., Scarrott, S., & Wolstencroft, R. (1994). Imaging Polarimetry of the Blue Compact Galaxy NGC3125. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 270, 238-

The Bruck 'bipolar' - A nebulous star cluster (1987)
Journal Article
Scarrott, S., Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., Bruck, M., & Wolstencroft, R. (1987). The Bruck 'bipolar' - A nebulous star cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 225, 17P-20P