In Honor and Memory of Nobel Laureate Dr. Rudy Marcus
(Passed away on July 16, 2026)
(To Be Updated)
(Passed away on July 16, 2026)
(To Be Updated)
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Dr. Andy HowellLas Cumbres Observatory / UCSBThe Global Supernova Project And The Transient Follow-up Ecosystem Frye International Symposium (Intl. Symp. on Astrophysics) Back to Plenary Lectures » |
Abstract:The Global Supernova Project is a collaboration between more than 200 scientists worldwide, studying approximately 150 nearby supernovae per year using the Las Cumbres Observatory global network of robotic telescopes combined with more than 20 other facilities, including HST, JWST, SOAR, Gemini, Keck, Rubin, and more. We work jointly with the Shadow survey using DECam to find SNe in nearby clusters jointly with LSST, and the Public AEON Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Astronomy (PASSTA) using SOAR to get spectra of nearby supernovae. We have also worked with the Keck Infrared Transient Survey, and PESSTO using the ESO 3.6m. I will discuss our recent result in Nature —the discovery of Lense-Thirring precession in a superluminous supernova, as well as recent advances in determining the progenitors of SNe Ia. Finally, I will highlight how public software tools we are creating allow many surveys to work together, trigger observations, and share data more efficiently in the LSST era, including the TOM Toolkit and Hopskotch/HERMES. |
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