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

与西澳大利亚大学的大卫·布莱尔博士和科廷科技大学的罗尔夫·科赫博士合作，他们都位于西澳大利亚的珀斯。加州大学伯克利分校的Carl Pennypacker和Richard Muller以及两名研究生将在珀斯天文台执行在南半球寻找超新星的任务。为伯克利“自动超新星搜索”开发的软件，一个非常成功的nsf资助的项目，将转移到珀斯天文台，以便在那里建立一个类似的项目。搜索将利用珀斯的24英寸望远镜，一个目前正在开发的CCD系统，以及一个类似于伯克利的计算机系统。当珀斯系统开始运作时，在被搜索的星系中会有一些重叠，这样当伯克利发现一颗新的超新星时，珀斯就可以确认，反之亦然。同样，当恶劣天气阻止一个观测站进行观测时，另一个观测站可以接替。随着对珀斯新系统的信心增强，它可以开始搜索只有在南半球才能看到的星系，并且发现可以共享和共同研究。

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.