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

卡尔·彭尼帕克博士和理查德·穆勒博士以及加州大学伯克利分校的两名研究生将在珀斯天文台与西澳大利亚大学的大卫·布莱尔博士和科廷理工大学的罗尔夫·科赫博士合作，在南半球搜索超新星。为伯克利“自动超新星搜索”开发的软件将被转移到珀斯天文台，以便在那里建立类似的计划。搜索将使用珀斯的24英寸望远镜，一种目前正在开发的CCD系统，以及一种与伯克利类似的计算机系统。当珀斯星系开始运行时，在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，珀斯可以确认，反之亦然。同样，当恶劣天气阻止一个天文台进行观测时，另一个天文台可以接管。随着人们对珀斯的新系统获得信心，它可以开始对只有南半球才能看到的星系进行搜索，并可以共同分享和研究发现。

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.