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IN THE EARLY HOURS TO DAYS AFTER EXPLOSION SUPERNOVAE (SNE) PROVIDE CLUES TO HOW THEY EXPLODE AND WHAT THEIR PROGENITOR STAR SYSTEMS WERE. MOTIVATED BY THE NEED TO DISCOVER AND STUDY SNE WITHIN THE FIRST DAY OF EXPLOSION WE HAVE BEGUN AN NSF-FUNDED ONE-DAY CADENCE SN SEARCH OF NEARBY GALAXIES (D<40 MPC) DIRECTLY TIED TO ROBOTIC OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPHS FOR PROMPT FOLLOWUP. OUR NEW SURVEY WILL FIND 2-3 SN IA 2-3 SN IB/C AND 5-6 SN II DURING THE NEXT SWIFT CYCLE ALL WITHIN A DAY OF EXPLOSION. THE PROGRAM WILL FEED SWIFT YOUNG SN TARGETS AND THE RESULTING ULTRAVIOLET AND X-RAY DATA WILL PUT STRONG CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROGENITORS OF THESE NEARBY EVENTS.

$36,826FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

University Of Arizona, Tucson AZ

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