The Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS) is conducted by astronomers from Australia and New Zealand since mid 2008 to search for new

supernova A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion ...

e in the southern hemisphere. In 2022 the group won the Astronomical Society of Australia's Page Medal for having found around 200 confirmed supernovas.

List of discoveries

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