The SkyMapper Transient Survey is searching and studying supernovae and other transient objects using the SkyMapper 1.3 m telescope. In order to search for transients we examine ~2000 square degrees of sky, an area 10,000 times larger than the full Moon, at least every 5 days. This search is optimised for detecting low-redshift, or nearby, type Ia supernovae, to constrain cosmic expansion and peculiar velocities.
To date, the SkyMapper Transient Search has been running for 940 nights. Over those nights 3872 sky fields have been observed in 98008 telescope pointings. So far the transient search has detected 88 objects that might be interesting transient candidates. As SkyMapper continues to operate more objects will be discovered!
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You can see a list of discovered transients with the Supernova Sighting project here.
TNS reported transients
Below is a list of interesting transient objects that SkyMapper has detected since January 2016 and sent to the Transient Name Server. Most of them were first seen by SkyMapper! So far we have uploaded 97 objects to the TNS.
| TNS name | SkyMapper name | Type | RA | DEC | First Detect | Last Detect | Discovered by | Matched Host | Redshift | First Zooniverse discoverers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017gfz | SMT17sct | IIb | 3.21621822676 | -32.7313879551 | 2017-08-16 14:12:29 | 2017-08-30 12:07:29 | SkyMapper | None | 0.06 | ElisabethB;BLGoodwin;Tmit2 |
| 2017gih | SMT17snm | II-P | 315.754310575 | -49.3177219746 | 2017-08-24 09:10:09 | 2017-09-17 09:37:04 | SkyMapper | None | None | Anonymous_Student126;M. Stiner;John_M_Cummins |
| 2017cvv | SMT17hng | weirdnoSN | 332.01066109 | -11.9121466764 | 2017-04-27 18:22:52 | 2017-05-05 17:10:47 | GaiaAlerts | None | None | None |
| 2017fyn | SMT17rhf | weirdnoSN | 233.727700863 | -19.2772754517 | 2017-08-07 09:17:06 | 2017-08-16 09:31:48 | SkyMapper | None | None | ElisabethB;Tmit2;Tmit2 |
| 2017dqf | SMT17hrc | weirdnoSN | 195.352512397 | -25.8730173044 | 2017-04-28 13:21:57 | 2017-05-20 13:56:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017gat | SMT17rsb | Ic | 358.319934618 | -32.7761487671 | 2017-08-08 15:27:38 | 2017-08-19 15:05:47 | ASAS-SN | None | 0.023 | MvGulik;Tmit2;Poszukiwacz15 |
| 2017czz | SMT17fth | CandFaint | 202.72880509 | -27.4349245622 | 2017-03-28 16:19:21 | 2017-05-21 16:11:26 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cvm | SMT17dma | CandFaint | 197.739319285 | -33.4174748367 | 2017-03-26 11:57:45 | 2017-03-28 13:59:57 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017czy | SMT17gfm | CandFaint | 183.872495094 | -5.08127897805 | 2017-03-26 11:51:20 | 2017-04-19 09:35:03 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cyu | SMT17fvg | CandFaint | 202.996675108 | -31.7664254934 | 2017-03-26 17:22:01 | 2017-03-31 16:03:37 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017egh | SMT17kit | Flare | 314.658768644 | -43.27731774 | 2017-05-01 18:26:03 | 2018-05-13 14:43:40 | SkyMapper | None | None | M4kc;lgolley72;lordlord22 |
| 2017ays | SMT17hnr | II | 183.191739968 | 0.407908932298 | 2017-03-08 15:50:50 | 2017-05-15 10:12:36 | ATLAS | None | 0.0205 | None |
| 2017blh | SMT17bgo | II | 163.044138303 | -27.7976683704 | 2017-03-01 11:58:22 | 2017-03-31 12:58:48 | ATLAS | None | 0.0334 | None |
| 2017gaw | SMT17tcd | II | 18.8968726137 | -0.844478601577 | 2017-08-24 16:06:53 | 2017-09-22 15:26:57 | DLT40 | None | 0.038 | Tmit2;Hugo A. Durantini Luca;MvGulik |
| 2017gjp | SMT17swb | II | 41.9980448165 | -22.000258421 | 2017-08-28 17:45:41 | 2017-09-06 18:10:48 | SkyMapper | None | 0.036 | chrostek;BLGoodwin;MvGulik |
| 2017gga | SMT17scn | II | 330.672861025 | 2.1905261324 | 2017-08-16 13:10:38 | 2017-11-06 10:39:47 | SkyMapper | None | 0.066 | ElisabethB;Tmit2;BLGoodwin |
| 2017cja | SMT17cml | Stale | 163.51857646 | -4.33786633782 | 2017-02-26 15:15:51 | 2017-03-26 10:20:32 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cvo | SMT17fqo | Stale | 202.693854411 | -3.79326980698 | 2017-03-28 17:19:54 | 2017-04-27 14:47:39 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cvd | SMT17fgo | Stale | 154.299738513 | -2.07493376428 | 2017-03-31 10:53:53 | 2017-05-02 12:20:33 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | None |
| 2017dqe | SMT17hma | Stale | 216.119744289 | 1.9751006112 | 2017-04-07 18:43:53 | 2017-05-05 11:46:09 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017dij | SMT17hbo | Stale | 201.84586432 | -2.80558403654 | 2017-04-21 12:20:43 | 2017-05-10 11:52:27 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ctu | SMT17eas | Stale | 211.37672389 | -30.1792491637 | 2017-03-26 18:00:18 | 2017-04-29 14:19:23 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cvn | SMT17dnu | Stale | 182.378099582 | -0.437066935363 | 2017-03-26 12:41:41 | 2017-03-31 13:21:47 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017efp | SMT17iay | Stale | 198.340215393 | -33.4391769389 | 2017-04-28 13:34:44 | 2017-05-22 09:49:51 | SkyMapper | None | None | keeps2013;Missybee35;CryMeaRiver66 |
| 2017ctw | SMT17dqe | Stale | 194.78813238 | -32.6386474442 | 2017-03-26 11:30:41 | 2017-04-20 09:15:21 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017fmz | SMT17scm | Stale | 330.214172603 | -1.84002717583 | 2017-08-16 13:08:38 | 2017-10-16 12:17:41 | ATLAS | None | None | ElisabethB;Tmit2;Poszukiwacz15 |
| 2016jhk | SMT17cqd | Stale | 196.50603188 | -32.6058065966 | 2016-04-11 16:33:39 | 2017-05-05 13:02:06 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017gjo | SMT17shz | Stale | 17.7217673197 | -14.5517525739 | 2017-08-19 16:33:08 | 2017-08-28 15:47:20 | SkyMapper | None | None | MvGulik;Hugo A. Durantini Luca;nilium |
| 2017fvc | SMT17mob | Stale | 328.334724424 | -33.5099558168 | 2017-07-21 11:44:42 | 2017-08-22 15:02:47 | SkyMapper | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;MvGulik;Tmit2 |
| 2017gjr | SMT17snf | Stale | 16.8660329597 | -22.1369898114 | 2017-08-17 16:42:06 | 2017-10-01 14:05:30 | SkyMapper | None | None | Hugo A. Durantini Luca;John_M_Cummins;ElisabethB |
| 2017fvn | SMT17nyw | Stale | 350.256710869 | -28.8900827989 | 2017-07-26 13:49:09 | 2017-07-27 19:06:11 | SkyMapper | None | None | Melina_t;A. F. Jonkeren;Marius Agafitei |
| 2016jhd | SMT16aphk | Stale | 47.3791085495 | -23.2487980845 | 2016-12-07 15:08:20 | 2016-12-07 15:10:20 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017fvo | SMT17kmn | Stale | 324.43442095 | -38.5613022724 | 2017-07-21 11:07:53 | 2017-08-14 12:46:20 | SkyMapper | None | None | ElisabethB;A. F. Jonkeren;MvGulik |
| 2017edk | SMT17ick | Stale | 347.704999592 | -34.1548864385 | 2017-05-09 17:47:50 | 2017-05-20 16:54:00 | SkyMapper | None | None | The_debs;Creslin73;MRyley |
| 2017fvp | SMT17nyk | Stale | 342.357229867 | -29.8361697427 | 2017-07-26 13:05:41 | 2017-07-26 13:32:16 | SkyMapper | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;nilium;MvGulik |
| 2017ftt | SMT17nro | Stale | 349.293923494 | -9.27902225708 | 2017-07-22 16:36:10 | 2017-07-26 15:34:21 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | Melina_t;ElisabethB;A. F. Jonkeren |
| 2017fxq | SMT17kms | Stale | 332.657124834 | -35.0620959857 | 2017-07-18 12:26:50 | 2017-07-30 14:10:25 | SkyMapper | None | None | ElisabethB;A. F. Jonkeren;MvGulik |
| 2017ant | SMT17aan | Stale | 84.4576745173 | -30.5976902077 | 2017-01-21 12:32:23 | 2017-02-08 11:58:45 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017gpp | SMT17tet | Stale | 331.945584777 | -44.2124145211 | 2017-08-31 09:54:21 | 2017-10-12 10:21:45 | SkyMapper | None | 0.058 | Denilso G. Delfrate;Denilso G. Delfrate;Denilso G. Delfrate |
| 2016jhc | SMT17bt | Stale | 40.8352618901 | -20.1073123729 | 2016-12-21 14:04:46 | 2017-01-03 12:03:30 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2016jhf | SMT17ada | Stale | 200.545412635 | -35.9367506691 | 2016-04-21 10:18:32 | 2017-04-07 13:31:29 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017fmt | SMT17nxw | Stale | 329.870486045 | -16.5048933496 | 2017-07-18 12:38:51 | 2017-08-14 14:05:21 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | Melina_t;Ghost Sheep SWR;nilium |
| 2017bzs | SMT17cdm | Stale | 200.223545187 | -4.23440882134 | 2017-03-06 17:14:56 | 2017-04-27 13:17:33 | PTSS | None | None | None |
| 2017ggx | SMT17sif | Stale | 33.2279220794 | -21.0331526158 | 2017-08-01 19:05:08 | 2017-09-22 15:05:06 | SkyMapper | None | None | MvGulik;Hugo A. Durantini Luca;32LinesOfAstronomy |
| 2017dzu | SMT17hwt | Stale | 321.073173818 | -50.9864688297 | 2017-05-04 18:41:56 | 2017-05-07 17:19:14 | SkyMapper | None | None | keeps2013;Star_hunter_1;bwa24000 |
| 2017edl | SMT17icm | Stale | 343.952737231 | -12.6151964934 | 2017-05-09 17:55:55 | 2017-05-20 17:14:04 | SkyMapper | None | None | praosylen;The_debs;CryMeaRiver66 |
| 2017fnb | SMT17lra | Stale | 355.82075774 | -7.2904153262 | 2017-07-21 16:39:43 | 2017-07-26 17:56:23 | ATLAS | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;Melina_t;Barringj |
| 2017tu | SMT17ki | Stale | 30.615052737 | -28.6304792497 | 2017-01-05 12:10:22 | 2017-01-06 11:10:35 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | None |
| 2017ciz | SMT17cmt | Stale | 61.2805853388 | -54.1049641948 | 2017-03-17 11:34:57 | 2017-04-11 09:19:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017gpo | SMT17szx | Stale | 45.5537555761 | -27.0889365461 | 2017-08-30 16:21:31 | 2017-09-17 18:20:38 | SkyMapper | None | 0.0507 | Hugo A. Durantini Luca;nilium;B. Lipczyński |
| 2017atw | SMT17vx | Stale | 46.9936878689 | -21.4147850398 | 2017-01-15 13:57:13 | 2017-01-21 13:29:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cyv | SMT17cqv | Stale | 194.886301722 | -30.7542078947 | 2017-03-26 11:30:41 | 2017-04-20 09:15:21 | None | None | None | None |
| 2017ces | SMT17bsp | Stale | 202.002889739 | -26.0836825571 | 2017-03-06 17:37:16 | 2017-04-07 15:33:27 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017fvq | SMT17lsw | Stale | 351.252409509 | -0.638134640079 | 2017-07-21 16:45:44 | 2017-08-17 16:10:44 | SkyMapper | None | None | Melina_t;ElisabethB;A. F. Jonkeren |
| 2017gce | SMT17sco | Stale | 333.585912071 | -1.08907463268 | 2017-08-16 13:23:26 | 2017-08-25 15:05:21 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | ElisabethB;BLGoodwin;Tmit2 |
| 2017ckt | SMT17cly | Stale | 73.5643721134 | -63.9669076399 | 2017-03-07 11:49:16 | 2017-03-26 10:18:02 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017mb | SMT17bsl | Stale | 206.868618354 | -25.915921989 | 2017-03-06 17:54:14 | 2017-04-29 12:03:29 | GaiaAlerts | None | None | None |
| 2017bhx | SMT17acx | Stale | 187.028769815 | -4.96852600606 | 2017-01-21 16:57:34 | 2017-03-28 14:46:20 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ghv | SMT17sro | Stale | 4.27068302461 | -0.493962965475 | 2017-08-17 16:38:03 | 2017-08-25 16:40:08 | SkyMapper | None | None | Hugo A. Durantini Luca;B. Lipczyński;Poszukiwacz15 |
| 2017exg | SMT17shy | Stale | 17.1271102587 | -14.9493967237 | 2017-08-19 16:33:08 | 2017-10-12 14:05:16 | GaiaAlerts | None | None | nilium;BLGoodwin;Poszukiwacz15 |
| 2017gjq | SMT17suk | Stale | 0.047345096513 | -39.0445448204 | 2017-08-23 16:55:33 | 2017-09-01 16:01:28 | SkyMapper | None | None | chrostek;ElisabethB;szukam |
| 2017atx | SMT17ahn | Stale | 60.7881334957 | -32.8891110995 | 2017-02-08 11:25:19 | 2017-03-26 10:03:53 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017bjc | SMT17bbq | Stale | 182.853995165 | -2.1073624614 | 2017-02-20 17:06:51 | 2017-02-26 17:16:30 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | None |
| 2017cfe | SMT17bnv | Stale | 200.931694465 | -34.4604941497 | 2017-02-26 18:05:07 | 2017-04-27 13:49:08 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017bhw | SMT17aod | Stale | 83.3763746066 | -39.4595162365 | 2017-01-15 13:45:53 | 2017-02-20 14:26:07 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017aty | SMT17ahr | Stale | 63.7613588151 | -53.911285494 | 2017-02-11 13:57:18 | 2017-04-11 09:19:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2016jhq | SMT17mzc | AGN | 340.79490928 | -5.23841996196 | 2016-07-14 16:35:53 | 2017-07-22 16:15:29 | SkyMapper | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;Melina_t;Tmit2 |
| 2017ggb | SMT17sex | AGN | 318.742142346 | -1.74818606762 | 2017-08-16 11:47:59 | 2017-10-14 10:06:02 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2016jhi | SMT17bry | AGN | 205.015326782 | -33.6563761608 | 2016-03-19 17:38:33 | 2018-05-22 10:37:26 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ghw | SMT17srp | IIn | 359.394806807 | 2.08644494742 | 2017-08-25 16:09:20 | 2017-09-25 11:13:13 | SkyMapper | None | None | csbird;MvGulik;Hugo A. Durantini Luca |
| 2018bwq | SMT18iy | Ia | 322.299020072 | -29.1628262224 | 2018-05-13 15:35:14 | 2018-05-23 15:04:52 | SkyMapper | None | 0.084 | Leigh Burchat;Barb Long;Hayden Roberts |
| 2017dys | SMT17quy | Ia | 346.258297802 | -26.6353663677 | 2017-07-27 18:40:04 | 2017-08-01 12:51:55 | ASAS-SN | None | 0.02926 | A. F. Jonkeren;ElisabethB;cthomas |
| 2016itl | SMT17nm | Ia | 33.263171037 | -33.6349885952 | 2016-12-18 13:22:08 | 2017-01-09 11:09:19 | GaiaAlerts | None | 0.043 | SkyMap |
| 2017fyo | SMT17rfk | Ia | 317.081740722 | -43.6703043167 | 2017-07-26 11:02:26 | 2017-10-14 10:45:12 | SkyMapper | None | 0.036 | ElisabethB;Tmit2;keeps2013 |
| 2017fwa | SMT17qul | Ia | 334.809186446 | -28.4031728173 | 2017-07-27 17:42:42 | 2017-09-09 10:12:43 | SkyMapper | None | 0.028 | ElisabethB;A. F. Jonkeren;Barringj |
| 2017ggu | SMT17rza | Ia | 322.539697284 | -51.0383201508 | 2017-08-13 18:44:50 | 2017-09-17 09:41:05 | SkyMapper | None | 0.07 | JMack7;MvGulik;Poszukiwacz15 |
| 2017gig | SMT17smz | Ia | 9.13725217062 | -30.5820578411 | 2017-08-23 17:32:24 | 2017-10-12 14:00:59 | SkyMapper | None | 0.065 | Hugo A. Durantini Luca;John_M_Cummins;ElisabethB |
| 2016htm | SMT16ansp | Ia | 38.0109056877 | -26.6659564938 | 2016-11-23 17:02:31 | 2016-12-12 12:05:07 | ATLAS | None | 0.041 | None |
| 2017fym | SMT17qtw | Ia | 330.205886533 | -31.1564942848 | 2017-07-27 14:44:57 | 2017-08-28 10:43:27 | SkyMapper | None | 0.08 | A. F. Jonkeren;ElisabethB;MvGulik |
| 2017edm | SMT17kdl | Ia | 204.25497968 | -4.61888999935 | 2017-05-10 11:39:46 | 2017-05-21 08:50:30 | SkyMapper | None | 0.133 | simonemarcorini;CarlKing;MvGulik |
| 2017doq | SMT17hlv | Ia | 205.490047828 | -4.3702945026 | 2017-04-27 14:43:38 | 2017-05-21 08:52:33 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | 0.074 | None |
| 2017bzt | SMT17bif | Ia | 195.790404899 | -39.4214562087 | 2017-02-27 12:38:58 | 2017-03-28 13:21:26 | SkyMapper | None | 0.11 | None |
| 2017dxh | SMT17hwf | Ia | 194.751166729 | -26.5979988286 | 2017-04-28 13:21:57 | 2017-05-20 13:54:56 | SkyMapper | None | 0.073 | Web;35;deh86 |
| 2016ifk | SMT16anpq | Ia | 41.8883901454 | -26.489475069 | 2016-11-23 17:10:29 | 2017-01-21 13:17:07 | GaiaAlerts | None | 0.058 | None |
| 2016hhd | SMT16bc | Ia | 115.255934245 | -69.0174237634 | 2015-05-17 09:03:31 | 2017-04-07 10:17:58 | SkyMapper | None | 0.055 | None |
| 2016iou | SMT16anay | Ia | 21.1108468711 | -2.14052624663 | 2016-11-16 13:43:38 | 2016-12-12 11:19:11 | GaiaAlerts | None | 0.042 | None |
| 2017ejw | SMT17tqu | Ia | 18.1425019841 | 0.291530340074 | 2017-08-25 17:20:46 | 2017-09-25 12:33:38 | ASAS-SN | None | 0.019 | MvGulik;orsval;orsval |
| 2018bwp | SMT18as | Ia | 201.478223695 | -37.2366805038 | 2018-05-04 09:50:11 | 2018-05-10 10:49:14 | SkyMapper | None | 0.065 | Casey Cunningham;Jennifer A Westwood;Robert Vassie |
| 2017fna | SMT17luo | Cand | 356.71602621 | -10.4588142272 | 2017-07-21 16:55:49 | 2017-07-26 18:04:24 | ATLAS | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;ElisabethB;BLGoodwin |
| 2017evb | SMT17kml | Cand | 326.31865325 | -37.8294446967 | 2017-07-21 11:07:53 | 2017-08-14 16:16:51 | ATLAS | None | None | A. F. Jonkeren;ElisabethB;MvGulik |
| 2017kaq | SMT18ch | Cand | 201.791328629 | -27.3192762087 | 2018-05-04 09:14:24 | 2018-05-22 09:24:13 | None | None | 0.041 | Melinda L Tursky;Melinda L Tursky;Claire Chaikin-Bryan |
| 2016frn | SMT18L | Cand | 197.618240333 | -30.8160367349 | 2018-05-04 09:40:06 | 2018-05-19 08:59:52 | None | None | 0.031 | Chris Williams;Chris Williams;Siting He |
| 2016jhl | SMT17jzm | Cand | 204.290480746 | -4.07386579566 | 2016-05-24 14:48:09 | 2017-05-21 08:50:30 | SkyMapper | None | None | ElisabethB;The_debs;TheAjay |
| 2017cty | SMT17eri | VarStar | 74.2601225368 | -64.3130553462 | 2017-02-14 13:33:42 | 2017-04-19 09:14:15 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ctv | SMT17div | VarStar | 77.7403668348 | -65.1412111557 | 2017-02-14 13:33:42 | 2017-04-19 09:14:15 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ctx | SMT17din | VarStar | 76.2799465552 | -65.3910805715 | 2017-02-14 13:33:42 | 2017-04-11 11:25:32 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017atz | SMT17ake | Star | 199.932846991 | -35.8829008858 | 2017-01-21 16:43:38 | 2018-05-12 09:37:36 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |