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Old December 2nd 08, 11:59 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.astro.ccd-imaging
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Default What's wrong with Pan-STARRS?

Is Pan-STARRS dead or what?

I can't find a single published result from Pan-STARRS despite the 1.4
Gigapixel CCD camera being in operation for over a year. Images taken
during commissioning show nasty defects - spurious artefacts in the
form of blue rings, butterfly shapes around stars, linear features,
dark blotches etc.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...Pan_STARRS.gif
which is a detail from:
http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/pub...lmes_Run1B.jpg

Two years ago when Pan-STARRS started there were claims that by the
end of 2007 Pan-STARRS would be the dominant asteroid finder - it
hasn't happened.