Details on Acronym: ASASSN | |
| ASASSN | (All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae) |
| Write: | <<ASASSN -YYaaa>> |
| N: | >500 |
| Object: | ? (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature) |
| Note: | The "All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae" (ASAS-SN or "Assassin") is a long-term project to monitor the whole sky with a 2-3 day cadence using a global network of telescopes with a modular design of commercially available telephoto lenses and CCDs. The focus of the survey is to find nearby supernovae (SNe) and other transient sources. ASAS-SN carries out a full-sky, fast cadence, bright, relatively low-cost survey. ASAS-SN finds and characterizes the closest and brightest transients, and these are the transients that are most easily studied in detail in order to understand their astrophysical properties. http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/index.shtml |
| Notes: | ASAS-SN is currently the leading discoverer of Supernovae brighter than 17th magnitude. (please see: http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html) A list of our transients can be found here: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/transients.html |
| Auth.: | Benjamin Shappee Carnegie Observatories |
| Origin | of the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5 |