Mapping the Universe With the Skymapper Telescope

Grant number: LE130100104 | Funding period: 2014 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

This project plans to build a powerful new observatory, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS-2), to be located in Hawaii. PanSTARRS-2 will have an enormous fish-eye-lens view of the northern stars, which we will combine with Australian telescopes to give a unique view of the entire sky. Australian scientists will use this data to solve fundamental problems in astrophysics and cosmology.

Related publications (3)

SkyMapper colours of Seyfert galaxies and changing-look AGN - II. Newly discovered changing-look AGN

WJ Hon, C Wolf, CA Onken, R Webster, K Auchettl

2022-03-01

Changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGN) are AGN that change type as their broad emission lines appear or disappear, which is ..

A search for long-time-scale, low-frequency radio transients

T Murphy, DL Kaplan, S Croft, C Lynch, JR Callingham, K Bannister, ME Bell, N Hurley-Walker, P Hancock, J Line, A Rowlinson, E Lenc, HT Intema, P Jagannathan, RD Ekers, S Tingay, F Yuan, C Wolf, CA Onken, KS Dwarakanath

2017-04-01

We present a search for transient and highly variable sources at low radio frequencies (150-200 MHz) that explores long time-scale..

Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams, T Adams, P Addesso, RX Adhikari, VB Adya, C Affeldt, M Afrough, B Agarwal, M Agathos, K Agatsuma, N Aggarwal, OD Aguiar, L Aiello, A Ain, P Ajith

2017-01-01

On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated GW170817) with merger time 12:41:04 UTC was observ..

University of Melbourne Researchers

Rachel Webster

Stuart Wyithe