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

与西方大学的大卫布莱尔博士一起工作 澳大利亚和来自科廷大学的罗尔夫·科赫博士 卡尔博士在西澳大利亚州珀斯的技术 彭尼帕克和理查德穆勒，沿着还有两个研究生， 所有的加州大学伯克利分校，将实施一个 从珀斯号在南半球搜寻超新星 天文台 软件开发的伯克利“自动化 超新星搜索，”一个非常成功的NSF资助的项目，将 转移到珀斯天文台， 可以在那里建立。 搜索将利用珀斯的24英寸望远镜，一个CCD系统 目前正在开发中，一个类似于 一个在伯克利。 当珀斯系统开始运作时， 在被搜索的星系中会有一些重叠， 伯克利发现了一颗新的超新星，珀斯可以证实，副 亦然 同样，当恶劣天气阻碍观测时， 另一个天文台可以接管 因为信心是 在珀斯的新系统中获得，它可以开始搜索， 只有南半球才能看到的星系， 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.