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Table 1

Properties of the GPC and the Pan-Planets survey.

GPC specifications

Telescope 1.8 m Pan-STARRS1
Camera FOV 7 sq. deg.
Filters g ′ , r ′ , i ′ , z ′ , y
Camera Properties 8 × 8 CCDs 11
CCD Properties 8 × 8 cells with –600 × 600 pixels
Pixel scale 0.258 arcsec/pixel

Pan-Planets characteristics

Observation period May 2010 – Sep. 2012
Observation time 165 h
Survey FOV 42 sq. deg.
Survey area 301.7° > RA > 293.7°
21° > Dec > 13°
Exposure time 15 or 30 s
seeing-dependent
Median FWHM 1.07 arcsec
Photometric band i
#target stars 4 × 106
Target brightness 13.5 mag i′ ≤ 18 mag
M dwarf targets –60 000
White dwarf targets –4000
Observation time per night 1 or 3 h
Photometric precision 5–15 mmag

Notes. The GPC camera has a circular layout, i.e. the corners of the detector do not get illuminated.

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