U.S.-Australia Cooperation on a Southern Hemisphere Supernova Search

美国与澳大利亚合作南半球超新星搜索

• 批准号: 9015124
• 负责人: Carlton Pennypacker
• 金额: $ 1.52万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-10-01 至 1992-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9015124&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Australia; Cooperation; Southern; Hemisphere

Working with Dr. David Blair at the University of Western Australia and Dr. Rolf Koch, from the Curtin University of Technology, both in Perth, Western Australia, Drs. Carl Pennypacker and Richard Muller, along with two graduate students, all of the University of California at Berkeley, will implement a search for supernovae in the Southern Hemisphere from the Perth Observatory. Software developed for the Berkeley "Automated Supernova Search," a highly successful NSF-funded project, will be transferred to the Perth Observatory so that a similar program can be established there. The search will utilize Perth's 24" telescope, a CCD system currently under development, and a computer system similar to the one in Berkeley. When the Perth system starts to function, there will be some overlap in the galaxies searched, such that when Berkeley discovers a new supernova, Perth can confirm, and vice versa. Similarly, when inclement weather prevents observations at one observatory, the other can take over. As confidence is gained in the new system at Perth, it can begin searches in galaxies visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, and discoveries can be shared and studied jointly.

与位于西澳大利亚珀斯的西澳大利亚大学的 David Blair 博士和科廷科技大学的 Rolf Koch 博士合作，Drs.卡尔·彭尼帕克（Carl Pennypacker）和理查德·穆勒（Richard Muller）以及加州大学伯克利分校的两名研究生将在珀斯天文台搜寻南半球的超新星。 为伯克利“自动超新星搜索”开发的软件是一个非常成功的国家科学基金会资助的项目，该项目将转移到珀斯天文台，以便在那里建立类似的项目。 搜索将利用珀斯的24英寸望远镜、目前正在开发的CCD系统以及与伯克利的系统类似的计算机系统。当珀斯系统开始运行时，搜索的星系会有一些重叠，这样当伯克利发现一颗新的超新星时，珀斯可以确认，反之亦然。同样，当恶劣天气阻止一个天文台的观测时，另一个天文台可以接管。 在珀斯的新系统中获得的成果，它可以开始搜索仅从南半球可见的星系，并且可以共享和共同研究发现。