WE PROPOSE A LARGE K2 PROGRAM TO MONITOR GALAXIES WITH SUPPLEMENTARY GROUND-BASED RESOURCES TO DISCOVER FOLLOW-UP AND ANALYZE ANY SNE IMAGED BY K2 IN C17 C18 AND C19. IN C16 WE DISCOVERED 18 CONFIRMED SNE AND WE EXPECT TO FIND ~40 SNE IN CYCLE 6 CAMPAIGNS. IN KEPLER GO PROGRAMS WE IDENTIFIED 3 SN IA (OLLING ET AL. 2015) 2 SN IIP (GARNAVICH ET AL. 2016; TUCKER ET AL. SUBMITTED) AND 1 SN IIN/IA-CSM (GARNAVICH ET AL. IN PREP.) AND SEVERAL GALAXIES EXHIBITING AGN ACTIVITY. IN BACKWARD-FACING K2 CAMPAIGNS (C3-C15) WE IDENTIFIED 27 SNE (6 SPECTROSCOPICALLY CLASSIFIED) INCLUDING KSN2015K THE FASTEST BRIGHT SN TO DATE (REST ET AL. 2018). ANALYSIS OF K2 DATA IS ONGOING.
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