1. The chilean automatic supernova search (chase)
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G. Pignata, J. Maza, R. Antezana, R. Cartier, G. Folatelli, F. Forster, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, M. Hamuy, D. Iturra, P. Lopez, S. Silva, B. Conuel, A. Crain, D. Foster, K. Ivarsen, A. LaCluyze, M. Nysewander, D. Reichart, Giuliana Giobbi, Amedeo Tornambe, Gabriella Raimondo, Marco Limongi, L. A. Antonelli, Nicola Menci, and Enzo Brocato
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Physics ,Supernova ,Fully automated ,Chase ,Astrophysics (astro-ph) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,Light curve - Abstract
The CHASE project started in 2007 with the aim of providing young southern supernovae (SNe) to the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP) and Millennium Center for Supernova Studies (MCSS) follow-up programs. So far CHASE has discovered 33 SNe with an average of more than 2.5 SNe per month in 2008. In addition to the search we are carrying out a follow-up program targeting bright SNe. Our fully automated data reduction allows us to follow the evolution on the light curve in real time, triggering further observations if something potentially interesting is detected, 4 pages, 2 figures, conference proceeding
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- 2012