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| x SN 185 |
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SN 185 was a supernova which appeared in the year 185, near the direction of Alpha Centauri, between the constellations Circinus and Centaurus. This "guest star" was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Book of Later Han, and may have been...
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| x Cassiopeia A |
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Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia and the brightest astronomical radio source in the sky, with a flux of 2720 Jy at 1 GHz. The supernova occurred approximately 11 kilolight-years (3.4 kpc) away in the Milky...
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| x SN 1054 |
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SN 1054 (Crab Supernova) was a supernova that was widely seen on Earth in the year 1054. It was recorded by Chinese, Japanese, and Persian/Arab astronomers as being bright enough to see in daylight for 23 days and was visible in the night sky for...
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| x SN 1572 |
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SN 1572 (Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova), "B Cassiopeiae" (B Cas), or 3C 10 was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia, one of about eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records. It burst forth in early November...
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| x SN 1604 |
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Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a supernova which occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation Ophiuchus. As of 2009, it is the last supernova to have been unquestionably observed in our own...
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| x GRB 060218 |
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GRB 060218 (and SN 2006aj) was a gamma-ray burst (abbreviated as GRB) with unusual characteristics never seen before. This GRB was detected by the Swift satellite on February 18, 2006, and its name is derived from the date. It was located in the...
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| x GRB 060614 |
GRB 060614 was a remarkable gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite on June 14, 2006 with puzzling properties, which challenge current progenitor models.
In particular, the lack of any bright supernova (SN) down to very strict limits...
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| x GRB 080319B |
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GRB 080319B was a remarkable gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object that could be seen with the naked eye, it had a peak apparent magnitude of 5.8 and...
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| x GRB 080913 |
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GRB 080913 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed on September 13, 2008. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst satellite made the detection, with follow-up and additional observations from ground-based observatories and instruments, including the Gamma-Ray Burst...
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| x IC 443 |
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IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plan of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years (...
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| x LHA 120-N 157B |
LHA 120-N 157B was a supernova that occurred in PSR J0537-6910.
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| x Puppis A |
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Puppis A is a supernova remnant about 10 light-years in diameter, and one of the brightest sources in the X-ray sky. The supernova occurred approximately 3700 years ago. Its X-ray designation is 2U 0821-42. Although it overlaps the Vela Supernova...
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| x RCW103 |
RCW103 is a supernova remnant with right ascension 161348 and declination 5055. It is approximately 2000 years old and contains x-ray source 1E 161348-5055 at its heart. It is 10,000 light years away in the constellation Norma (constellation).
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| x RX J0852.0-4622 |
RX J0852.0-4622 (also known as G266.2−1.2) is a recently discovered supernova remnant. The distance to this object is controversial, but some scientists argue that the supernova remnant is only 650-700 light years away, and exploded comparatively...
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| x S Andromedae |
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S Andromedae (also SN 1885A) was a supernova in the Andromeda Galaxy, the only one seen in that galaxy so far by astronomers, and the first ever noted outside the Milky Way. It is also known as "Supernova 1885".
It was discovered on August 19, 1885...
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| x SN 1006 |
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SN 1006 was a supernova, widely seen on Earth beginning in the year 1006 CE; Earth was about 7200 light-years away from the supernova. It was the brightest apparent magnitude stellar event in recorded history. First appearing in the constellation of...
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| x SN 1181 |
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First observed between August 4 and August 6, 1181, Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the supernova now known as SN 1181 in eight separate texts. One of only eight supernovae in the Milky Way observable with the naked eye in recorded history...
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| x SN 1901B |
SN 1901B was a supernova about 52.5 Mlys away in Messier 100, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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| x SN 1914A |
SN 1914A was a supernova about 52.5 Mlys away in Messier 100, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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| x SN 1959E |
SN 1959E was a supernova about 52.5 Mlys away in Messier 100, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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| x SN 1960R |
SN 1960R was a Type Sp supernova about 60 million light-years away in Messier 85, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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| x SN 1975A |
SN 1975A a supernova located in NGC 2207/IC 2163.
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| x SN 1979C |
SN 1979C was a supernova about 52.5 Mlys away in Messier 100, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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| x SN 1986G |
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SN 1986G was a supernova that was observed on May 3, 1986 by Robert Evans. Its host galaxy was Centaurus A about 15 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. Since Centaurus A is about 15 million light-years away from us, this...
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| x SN 1987A |
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SN 1987A was a supernova in the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy. It occurred approximately 51.4 kiloparsecs from Earth, close enough that it was visible to the naked eye. It could be seen from...
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| x SN 1990U |
SN 1990U was a supernova that happened in NGC 7479. It was a type supernova.
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| x SN 1992bd |
SN 1992bd was a supernova that happened in NGC 1097.
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| x SN 1993J |
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SN 1993J is a supernova observed in the galaxy M81. It was discovered on 28 March 1993 by F. Garcia in Spain. At the time, it was the second brightest supernova observed in the twentieth century.
The spectral characteristics of the supernova changed...
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| x SN 1994D |
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Supernova 1994D was a Type Ia supernova in the outskirts of galaxy NGC 4526. As the name indicates, it was discovered in 1994 by Treffers, Filippenko, Van Dyk, and Richmond.
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| x SN 1998S |
SN 1998S was a supernova that happened in NGC 3877. It was a type II supernova.
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| x SN 1998bw |
SN 1998bw (GRB 980425) was a rare type I/Ib gamma ray supernova detected on April 26, 1998 in the ESO 184-G82 spiral galaxy, which some astronomers feel may be an example of a collapsar. The supernova has been linked to the gamma-ray burst GRB...
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| x SN 1999ec |
SN 1999EC a supernova.
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| x SN 1999eu |
SN 1999eu was a supernova that happened in NGC 1097. 23"E and 157"S of NGC 1097.
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| x SN 2003B |
SN 2003B was a supernova that happened in NGC 1097 on January 5, 2003. It was a type II supernova.
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| x SN 2003H |
SN 2003H a supernova.
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| x Champagne Supernova |
The SN 2003fg (designated SNLS-03D3bb by the Canada-France-Hawaii Supernova Legacy Survey and sometimes called the "Champagne Supernova"), was an aberrant type Ia supernova discovered in 2003 and described in the journal Nature on September 21 of...
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| x SN 2003gd |
SN 2003gd was a type II-P supernova occurring in the spiral galaxy Messier 74 in the constellation Pisces. SN 2003gd was discovered on 12 June 2003 by Robert Evans, using a 0.31m reflector, and its discovery was confirmed on 13 June 2003 by R. H....
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| x SN 2004dj |
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SN 2004dj was the brightest supernova since SN 1987A at the time of its discovery.
This Type II-P supernova was discovered by Koichi Itagaki, a Japanese astronomer on July 31, 2004. At the time of its discovery, its apparent brightness was 11.2...
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| x SN 2004gt |
SN 2004GT was a supernova that happened in NGC 4038.
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| x SN 2005B |
SN 2005B, the second supernova discovered in 2005, was discovered by amateur astronomer Paul Gray, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, upon reviewing film shot by fellow amateur astronomer Dave Lane, at his backyard observatory in Stillwater Lake...
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| x SN 2005ap |
SN 2005ap was an extremely energetic type II supernova. It is reported to be the brightest supernova yet recorded, twice as bright as the previous record holder, SN 2006gy. § It was discovered on 3 March 2005 by Robert Quimby as part of the Texas...
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| x SN 2005bc |
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SN 2005bc was a Type Ia supernova occurring in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 5698 in the constellation of Boötes. SN 2005bc was discovered on 2 April 2005 by LOSS and independently by Tim Puckett and L. Cox.
The supernova was at magnitude 16.4 at...
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| x SN 2005cs |
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SN 2005cs was a supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy. It was a type II supernova, discovered by a German amateur astronomer.
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| x SN 2005df |
SN 2005df was a Type Ia supernova in galaxy NGC 1559. It was discovered in Australia by Robert Evans on the early morning of August 5, 2005 with a 13.8 magnitude, about ten days before reaching its maximum brightness of 12.3.
SN 2005df was the 104th...
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| x SN 2006F |
SN 2006F was the 6th supernova found in 2006 by Villi.
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| x SN 2006X |
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SN 2006X was a Type Ia supernova about 60 million light-years away in Messier 100, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The supernovae was independently discovered in early February 2006 by Shoji Suzuki of Japan and Marco Migliardi...
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| x SN 2006gy |
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SN 2006gy was an extremely energetic supernova, sometimes referred to as a hypernova or quark-nova, that was discovered on September 18, 2006. It was first observed by Robert Quimby and P. Mondol, and then studied by several teams of astronomers...
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| x SN 2006jc |
SN 2006jc was a hypernova that was detected on October 9, 2006 in the Galaxy UGC 4904. Two years earlier, the progenitor star produced a supernova imposter, a high energy outburst that did not lead to stellar collapse.
The stars that are progenitors...
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| x SN 2007sr |
SN 2007sr was a supernova that happened in NGC 4038. It was a type Ia supernova.
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| x SN 2007uy |
SN 2007UY was a supernova that occurred in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770. It was discovered by Yoji Hirose on December 31, 2007. While interesting in its own right, it was overshadowed by SN 2008D, a supernova whose burst was observed serendipitously...
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| x SN 2008D |
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SN 2008D is a supernova detected with NASA's Swift X-ray telescope. The explosion of the supernova precursor star, in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770 (88 million light years away (27 Mpc), was detected on January 9, 2008, by Carnegie-Princeton fellows...
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| x SN 2008ax |
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Supernova 2008ax was a type Ib supernova in Peculiar Galaxy NGC 4490. As the name indicates, it was discovered 2008/03/03.45 by LOSSand Koichi Itagaki.
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| x W49B |
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W49B or SNR G043.3-00.2 or 3C 398 is a nebula and is thought to be a remnant of a gamma-ray burster. If so, it is the first one found.
W49B is barrel-shaped and located roughly 35,000 light-years from Earth. Recent findings indicate infrared "rings"...
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| x W50 |
Supernova remnant W50 or SNR G039.7-02.0 lies 16,000 light years away, in the constellation of Aquila. At its heart lies the unusual star SS 433, whose jets are distorting the remnant, by burning it away.
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| x Vela Supernova Remnant |
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The Vela supernova remnant is a supernova remnant in the southern constellation Vela. Its source supernova exploded approximately 11,000-12,300 years ago (and was about 800 light years away). The association of the Vela supernova remnant with the...
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| x Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3 |
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Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3 is the youngest known supernova remnant (SNR) in the Milky Way Galaxy. The remnant's young age was established by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the VLA radio observatory, and is believed to have...
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| x SNR G292.0+01.8 |
SNR G292.0+01.8 is supernova remnant located in the constellation Carina.
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| x SSTGFLS J222557+601148 |
SSTGFLS J222557+601148 was a supernova remnants.
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| x SN 2005gj |
SN 2005gj was a supernova located approximately 864 million light years (265 million parsecs) away from Earth. It was discovered on September 29, 2005, by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Nearby Supernova Factory. 2005gj was noted because it had...
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| x SN 2005gl |
SN 2005gl was a supernova in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 266. It was discovered using CCD frames taken October 5, 2005, from the 60cm automated telescope at the Puckett Observatory in Georgia, and reported by Tim Puckett in collaboration with Peter...
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