Even in the modern era, only human eyes survey the entire optical sky
for the violent, variable, and transient events that shape our universe.
To change this, my collaborators and I have built and implemented the
All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). This is a long-term
project designed to monitor the entire sky every 2 days using multiple
telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres. The primary goal
of ASAS-SN is to find all of the closest supernovae (SNe) with an unbiased
search. However, this systematic all-sky technique has not only
allowed ASAS-SN to become the leading discoverer of bright (V<17 mag)
SNe, but it also provides us with a movie of the sky through time which
has allowed ASAS-SN to discover many other bright and interesting
galactic and extragalactic transients. I will give an overview on the
status of ASAS-SN, describe our SN search results, give an example of
our data release strategy, and high-light some of our most interesting
non-SNe discoveries.
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