The SkyMapper Transient Survey

Parts of this research were conducted by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), through project number CE110001020. RS and CW acknowledge support from ARC Laureate Grant FL0992131. This research was made possible through the use of the AAVSO Photometric Allsky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund.