The CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE)
astro-ph
/ Authors
G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P. Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra
and 9 more authors
R. Cartier, F. Forster, B. Conuel, D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, A. LaCluyze
/ 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