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 818 nights. Over those nights 3732 sky fields have been observed in 76688 telescope pointings. So far the transient search has detected 63 objects that might be interesting transient candidates. As SkyMapper continues to operate more objects will be discovered!
Help us hunt for Supernovae!
We invite you to join our search for Supernovae through our project: Supernova Sighting in partnership Zooniverse. Help us hunt down some of the biggest explosions in the Universe, with real images from SkyMapper!
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 55 objects to the TNS.
| TNS name | SkyMapper name | Type | RA | DEC | First Detect | Last Detect | Discovered by | Matched Host | Redshift | First Zooniverse discoverers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017cvv | SMT17hng | weirdnoSN | 332.01066109 | -11.9121466764 | 2017-04-27 18:22:52 | 2017-05-05 17:10:47 | GaiaAlerts | None | None | None |
| 2017dqf | SMT17hrc | weirdnoSN | 195.352512397 | -25.8730173044 | 2017-04-28 13:21:57 | 2017-05-20 13:56:56 | 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 |
| 2017czz | SMT17fth | CandFaint | 202.72880509 | -27.4349245622 | 2017-03-28 16:19:21 | 2017-05-21 16:11:26 | 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 |
| 2017cvm | SMT17dma | CandFaint | 197.739319285 | -33.4174748367 | 2017-03-26 11:57:45 | 2017-03-28 13:59:57 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017egh | SMT17kit | Flare | 314.658768644 | -43.27731774 | 2017-05-01 18:26:03 | 2017-05-22 17:51:52 | 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 |
| 2017cfe | SMT17bnv | Stale | 200.931694465 | -34.4604941497 | 2017-02-26 18:05:07 | 2017-04-27 13:49:08 | SkyMapper | 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 |
| 2017bhw | SMT17aod | Stale | 83.3763746066 | -39.4595162365 | 2017-01-15 13:45:53 | 2017-02-20 14:26:07 | SkyMapper | 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 |
| 2017aty | SMT17ahr | Stale | 63.7613588151 | -53.911285494 | 2017-02-11 13:57:18 | 2017-04-11 09:19:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017bzs | SMT17cdm | Stale | 200.223545187 | -4.23440882134 | 2017-03-06 17:14:56 | 2017-04-27 13:17:33 | PTSS | 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 |
| 2017cyv | SMT17cqv | Stale | 194.886301722 | -30.7542078947 | 2017-03-26 11:30:41 | 2017-04-20 09:15:21 | None | None | None | None |
| 2016jhk | SMT17cqd | Stale | 196.50603188 | -32.6058065966 | 2016-04-11 16:33:39 | 2017-05-05 13:02:06 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2016jhd | SMT16aphk | Stale | 47.3791085495 | -23.2487980845 | 2016-12-07 15:08:20 | 2016-12-07 15:10:20 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017tu | SMT17ki | Stale | 30.615052737 | -28.6304792497 | 2017-01-05 12:10:22 | 2017-01-06 11:10:35 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | None | None |
| 2017ant | SMT17aan | Stale | 84.4576745173 | -30.5976902077 | 2017-01-21 12:32:23 | 2017-02-08 11:58:45 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 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 |
| 2017atx | SMT17ahn | Stale | 60.7881334957 | -32.8891110995 | 2017-02-08 11:25:19 | 2017-03-26 10:03:53 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017atw | SMT17vx | Stale | 46.9936878689 | -21.4147850398 | 2017-01-15 13:57:13 | 2017-01-21 13:29:56 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2017ctu | SMT17eas | Stale | 211.37672389 | -30.1792491637 | 2017-03-26 18:00:18 | 2017-04-29 14:19:23 | 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 |
| 2017dqe | SMT17hma | Stale | 216.119744289 | 1.9751006112 | 2017-04-07 18:43:53 | 2017-05-05 11:46:09 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017ctw | SMT17dqe | Stale | 194.78813238 | -32.6386474442 | 2017-03-26 11:30:41 | 2017-04-20 09:15:21 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016jhi | SMT17bry | AGN | 205.015326782 | -33.6563761608 | 2016-03-19 17:38:33 | 2017-04-29 12:11:33 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017edm | SMT17kdl | Ia | 204.25497968 | -4.61888999935 | 2017-05-10 11:39:46 | 2017-05-21 08:50:30 | SkyMapper | None | None | simonemarcorini;ck12074;MvGulik |
| 2016htm | SMT16ansp | Ia | 38.0109056877 | -26.6659564938 | 2016-11-23 17:02:31 | 2016-12-12 12:05:07 | ATLAS | None | 0.041 | None |
| 2016ifk | SMT16anpq | Ia | 41.8883901454 | -26.489475069 | 2016-11-23 17:10:29 | 2017-01-21 13:17:07 | GaiaAlerts | None | 0.058 | 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 |
| 2017dxh | SMT17hwf | Ia | 194.751166729 | -26.5979988286 | 2017-04-28 13:21:57 | 2017-05-20 13:54:56 | SkyMapper | None | None | 35;WEB;1593636 |
| 2017bzt | SMT17bif | Ia | 195.790404899 | -39.4214562087 | 2017-02-27 12:38:58 | 2017-03-28 13:21:26 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017doq | SMT17hlv | Ia | 205.490047828 | -4.3702945026 | 2017-04-27 14:43:38 | 2017-05-21 08:50:30 | Pan-STARRS1 | None | 0.074 | None |
| 2016itl | SMT17nm | Ia | 33.263171037 | -33.6349885952 | 2016-12-18 13:22:08 | 2017-01-09 11:09:19 | GaiaAlerts | None | 0.043 | SkyMap |
| 2016hhd | SMT16bc | Ia | 115.255934245 | -69.0174237634 | 2015-05-17 09:03:31 | 2017-04-07 10:17:58 | SkyMapper | None | 0.055 | None |
| 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 |
| 2017ctv | SMT17div | VarStar | 77.7403668348 | -65.1412111557 | 2017-02-14 13:33:42 | 2017-04-19 09:14:15 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |
| 2017cty | SMT17eri | VarStar | 74.2601225368 | -64.3130553462 | 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 | 2017-02-13 15:08:33 | SkyMapper | None | None | None |