Palomar Observatory based publications.

Authors are encouraged to standardize their reference to Palomar Observatory telescopes.

The P200 Hale 2007 , 2006 (83 abstracts), 2005 (50), 2004 (37), and 2000-2003 (44)
publication lists include refereed publications, where the Hale 5.1m telescope observations played a significant role.
The P48 Samuel Oschin Telescope 2007 , 2006 (84), 2005 (52), 2004 (30) and 2000-2003 (47) lists include all QUEST & NEAT publications, and POSS, DPOSS or DSS usage where that played a significant role.
The P60 2007 , 2006 (13), 2005 (30), 2004 (12) and 2000-2003 (33) lists,
Sleuth/TrES 2007 , 2006 (6), 2005 (3), 2004 (2) and 2000-2003 (2) lists, and
The PTI 2007, 2006 (11), 2005 (7), 2004 (12) and 2000-2003 (14) lists include ALL publications.
Please send citations to missing papers to pick@caltech.edu.

Acknowledgments: STANDARDIZED Palomar Telescope References

The AASTeX macros include facility keywords to enable ADS tracking of telescope facilities used. Please use as appropriate: \facility{Hale}, \facility{PO:1.2m}, \facility{PO:1.5m}, \facility{PO:PTI}, \facility{PO:Sleuth} for the Hale, Oschin, 60-inch, PTI and Sleuth respectively. Multiple facilities can be included, as can instruments used, eg.

{\it Facilities:} \facility{Keck:I (LRIS, ESI)}, \facility{Hale (WIRC)}, \facility{PO:1.5m}, \facility{PO:1.2m (QUEST)}

Observations at Palomar Observatory facilities should also include a note in the text [as appropriate]: Examples
Pictures in other texts should also be credited [as appropriate]:

Hale: "Based [partly] on observations obtained at the Hale 200 inch telescope [at Palomar Observatory]."
See EXPLICIT acknowledgement below.
Samuel Oschin: "Based [partly] on observations obtained at the Samuel Oschin telescope [at Palomar Observatory]."
POSS & DPOSS survey references
P60: "Based [partly] on observations obtained at the Palomar 60-inch [robotic] telescope."
Sleuth/TrES: "Based [partly] on observations obtained at the Palomar Sleuth or TrES telescope at Palomar."
PTI: "Based [partly] on observations obtained at the Palomar Testbed Interferometer."

Explicit Hale Acknowledgement

By agreement with our operating partners, publications based wholly or in part on data obtained at the Hale 200-inch Telescope should include a footnote or acknowledgement in the following explicit form:

"Based on observations obtained at the Hale Telescope, Palomar Observatory, as part of a collaborative agreement between the California Institute of Technology, its divisions Caltech Optical Observatories and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (operated for NASA), and Cornell University."

Credits for New Instrument Builders

Researchers publishing papers based on data acquired with a recently commissioned instrument during its first year of general use should credit those who built the instrument by including them as co-authors, and thereafter by reference to a descriptive paper, or by suitable acknowledgement.

Andrew Pickles
last updated Oct 2006