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Initial Statistics from the Perth Automated Supernova Search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2016

Andrew J. Williams
Andrew J. Williams*
Affiliation:
Perth Observatory, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Walnut Rd, Bickley, WA 6076, Australiaandrew@pd.uwa.edu.au
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Abstract

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The Perth Automated Supernova Search uses the 61-cm PLAT (Perth Lowell Automated Telescope) at Perth Observatory, Western Australia. Since 1993 January 1, five confirmed supernovae have been found by the search. The analysis of the first three years of data is discussed, and preliminary results presented. We find a Type Ib/c rate of 0·43±0·43 SNu, and a Type IIP rate of 0·86±0·49 SNu, where SNu are ‘supernova units’, expressed in supernovae per 1010 LB⊙ galaxy per century. These values are for a Hubble constant of 75 kms−1 Mpc−1, and scale as (H0/75)2.

Keywords

stars: statisticssupernovae: general
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , 1997 , pp. 208 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1997

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