The Berkeley automated supernova search

Details The Berkeley automated supernova search The Berkeley automated supernova search

Jun 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981stin...8315240k&link_type=abstract

Presented at the NATO Advan. Study Inst. on Supernova, Cambridge, 28 Jun. - 10 Jul. 1981

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Annual Variations, Automation, Hubble Space Telescope, Supernova Remnants, Supernovae, Virgo Galactic Cluster, Astronomical Observatories, Celestial Bodies, Data Processing, Minicomputers, Real Time Operation, Statistical Analysis

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The automated supernova search employs a computer controlled 36-inch telescope and charge coupled device (CCD) detector to image 2500 galaxies per night. A minicomputer compares each galaxy image with stored reference data to identify supernovae in real time. It is planned to monitor roughly 500 galaxies in Virgo and closer every night, and an additional 6000 galaxies out to 70 Mpc on a three night cycle. This should yield very early detection of several supernovae per year for detailed study, and reliable premaximum detection of roughly 100 supernovae per year for statistical studies.

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