The All-Sky Automated Search for Supernovæ Going Global: Poster on-line. Issue Volume 14:Issue S339(2018) (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stritzinger, M.
• Editors: Griffin, E.
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14:Issue S339(2018)
• Page Start: 344
• Page End: 344
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Stars: supernovæ: general; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921318002971
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: The All-Sky Automated-Survey for SuperNovæ (ASAS-SN) is a fully automated transient search programme that is currently observing the entire night sky every second night to a depth of about 18 th magnitude. Since becoming on-line in mid-2014, ASAS-SN has discovered over half of all bright supernovæ, and along the way has also discovered numerous tidal disruption events, cataclysmic variables, stellar flares and even a comet! ASAS-SN currently has two units deployed between Chile and Hawaii, and an additional three units were slated to come on-line by the end of 2017 at observatories in South Africa, Chile and Texas. The poster provided a brief summary of ASAS-SNs accomplishments, and discussed future prospects based on its global expansion.