A Cosmic Wikipedia: Massive Digital Sky Survey Is Unveiled for Scientists

The Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, or Pan-STARRS, began observing the night sky in 2010, using a 1.8-meter telescope at the summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The newly released catalog is the world's largest digital sky survey to date, according to a statement from the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, the project's headquarters. In addition to making the data freely available, the project collaborators have spent years making the catalog e