Surveying a Slice of the Universe:  The Charge Coupled      Device (CCD) Transit Instrument (CTI) Survey
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The Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)/Transit Instrument (CTI) surveys                nightly about 15 square degrees of the sky in two optical colors                to a limiting magnitude of visual brightness greater than 21                    signal to noise S/N greater than 5).  Each night the V magnitude                is measured as well as one of Ultraviolet (U), Blue (B), Red (R),               or Infrared (I).  The colors will be selected to optimize S/N                   relative to the sky brightness.  An infrared CCD will provide                   nightly K magnitudes for about four square degrees of the same                  strip.  The observing program of CTI is to remain on the same                   strip of sky for several years, intensively observing the same 45               square degrees per year for several years (12 square degrees in                 the IR), both to monitor the brightness changes of the objects in               the strip and to acquire deeper images by adding data from                      multiple nights.  Data derived from this instrument will be used                to address a variety of astronomical problems ranging from                      discovery of nearby stars to measurement of variability of distant              quasars.                                                                                                                                                        Three scientific programs will be addressed by project                          astronomers.  These programs are : 1) the discovery and monitoring              of quasars on the basis of variability and color, 2) a                          determination of the supernovae production rate, and 3) discovery               of supernovae for use as distance indicators.
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