Status Report of the KMTNet Supernova Program

  • Park, Hong Soo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)) ;
  • Moon, Dae-Sik (Deptment of Astronomy, University of Toronto) ;
  • Kim, Sang Chul (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)) ;
  • Lee, Youngdae (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI))
  • Published : 2019.04.10

Abstract

The key science goal of the KMTNet Supernova Program (KSP) is to detect and study the early explosions of supernovae using one fifth of the KMTNet time. The BVI-band observations of the nearby target fields mostly closer than 30 Mpc distance and the follow-up spectroscopy provide valuable information on the early phase of the supernovae. These data can also be used for the studies of optical transients such as novae, dwarf novae, variable stars, and active galactic nuclei. Stacked images of several hundred images obtained from the time domain observations can be used for the search of low surface brightness galaxies reaching $28mag\;arcsec^{-2}$. Results and status of the KSP including ${\geq}20$ infant supernovae and ${\geq}100$ faint dwarf galaxies will be presented in this talk.

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