Speaker
Fang Yuan
Description
SkyMapper is a 1.3m wide-field survey telescope located at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. It will carry out a comprehensive digital survey of the entire southern sky. I will give an overview of the wide range of transient science projects planned for SkyMapper, including a rolling supernova survey that aims to deliver well-calibrated data for high-precision cosmological measurements. I will also briefly describe the unique opportunities to study transients in synergy with the new generation of radio telescopes in the southern hemisphere.
