IDEA 2: ZTF data

Here is where the ZTF Public Alerts from the Northern Sky Survey are archived as tar balls:

https://ztf.uw.edu/alerts/public/

Here is an example of a “hack” that was done by some software engineers at LCOGT to search and visualize the alerts:

https://mars.lco.global/

This is a great public “time domain” data set to explore. Somebody from astronomy is there who is an expert in describing the alert format and contents.

The github code has some useful info for interpreting the alerts: https://github.com/ZwickyTransientFacility/ztf-avro-alert