Explosive Astrophysics from Siding Spring Observatory

该项目旨在将Siding Spring天文台的望远镜连接到一个完全自动化的网络，可以发现和调查爆炸性天文事件。通过将这些望远镜相互连接起来，将有可能在这些短暂事件发生后不久以及它们永远消失之前非常详细地研究它们。预期的结果包括更深入地了解什么爆炸，导致爆炸的机制，以及这些爆炸如何塑造周围环境。该项目将把这个网络与目前正在世界其他地方组装的类似网络连接起来，并使澳大利亚天文学家能够参与爆炸性天文瞬变研究的黄金时代。

This project aims to link telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory into a fully automated network that can discover and investigate explosive astronomical events. By linking these telescopes to one another, it will be possible to study these transitory events in great detail soon after they occur and before they fade away forever. The expected outcomes include a deeper understanding into what explodes, the mechanisms that lead to the explosions, and how these explosions shape their surroundings. This project will connect this network into similar networks that are now being assembled in other parts of the world, and allow participation by Australian astronomers in what will be a golden age in the study of explosive astronomical transients.