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Optical Transient Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt*
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The last five years have seen an explosion of activity to monitor the sky at optical wavelengths. The following summarizes an overview of the range of experiments currently being, or soon to be, undertaken in both cataloguing and monitoring the sky, and suggests scientific opportunities for the short- to medium- term in the arena of optical transient astronomy. In so doing, it applies the philosophy described by Warner (page 3) to the gamut of variability studies that are now burgeoning in observational astronomy.

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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 9 - 10
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012