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A progress report on the Berkeley search for distant supernovae to measure. Omega

Description: Over the past two years, in collaboration with the Anglo-Australian Observatory, we have constructed a prototype version of the hardware and software needed to discover distant supernovae for a measurement of {Omega}, the ratio of the average density of the universe to the critical density. To make this measurement, we will use Type Ia supernova, which are now thought to be adequate standard candles for this purpose. 5 refs.
Date: March 1, 1991
Creator: Pennypacker, C.; Perlmutter, S.; Goldhaber, G.; Marvin, H.; Muller, R. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States) California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States). Center for Particle Astrophysics); Boyle, B.J. (Cambridge Univ. (United Kingdom). Inst. of Astronomy) et al.
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