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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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