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Members of the Astronomy Department engage in a wide variety of research projects. Details of some of these projects can be found amongst the documents below, as well as on individual persons' web pages (see Meet the Department), and for recent Press Releases, please see Caltech's Media Relations page.

The following are large astronomical research organizations at and around Caltech. Members of the Astronomy Department are involved with all of these groups, either as direct members or through collaborations.

The following are major research projects taking place within the Department of Astronomy:
  • CBI - The Cosmic Background Imager
  • COSMOS - Nick Scoville's Cosmic Evolution Survey with HST
  • PTF - Palomar Transient Factory
  • DPOSS - The Digitized Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
  • POSS-II - The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
  • Palomar-Quest - The Palomar Quest Sky Survey
  • The Pulsar Group

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