Schedule Apr 02, 2015
The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)
Ben Shappee

Even in the modern era, only human eyes survey the entire optical sky for the violent, variable, and transient events that shape our universe. To change this, my collaborators and I have built and implemented the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). This is a long-term project designed to monitor the entire sky every 2 days using multiple telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres. The primary goal of ASAS-SN is to find all of the closest supernovae (SNe) with an unbiased search. However, this systematic all-sky technique has not only allowed ASAS-SN to become the leading discoverer of bright (V<17 mag) SNe, but it also provides us with a movie of the sky through time which has allowed ASAS-SN to discover many other bright and interesting galactic and extragalactic transients. I will give an overview on the status of ASAS-SN, describe our SN search results, give an example of our data release strategy, and high-light some of our most interesting non-SNe discoveries.

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