Nearby Supernova Factory
(NSNF, SNfactory)
(survey that scanned transient data for supernovae)
The Nearby Supernova Factory was an astronomical survey
aimed at finding supernovae, which collected data from 2003 to 2008.
The survey used data from
the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking)
survey, feeding that data in real time into software to identify possible
supernovae. The survey then followed up with spectroscopic observations
using the UH88 telescope at Mauna Kea Observatories.
As far as I can tell, Nearby Supernova Factory II was a subsequent
effort to apply the same follow-up observations and analysis to
later supernovae discovered by other surveys, e.g., the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF).
Much of the analysis-effort by these projects was to refine the use
of Type Ia supernovae as standard candles.
(survey,transients,supernovae,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearby_Supernova_Factory
https://snfactory.lbl.gov/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002SPIE.4836...61A/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004NewAR..48..637W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...713.1073S/abstract
https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4331
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...823..147C/abstract
Prefix | Example | | |
SNF | SNF20080514-002 | | |
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Referenced by page:
supernova survey
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