SN 1961i

SN 1961i was a supernova that was discovered in June 1961 in the Messier 61 (NGC 4303) galaxy, by Milton L. Humason at the Palomar Observatory,[1] the brightest of 16 supernovae found at Palomar that year.[2] Although it was originally consider by Fritz Zwicky to be the prototype of a type III supernova, subsequent researchers have classified it as a type II supernova.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bertaud, C. (June 1961), "Les supernovae dans la nébuleuse NGC 4303", L'Astronomie 75: 268, Bibcode:1961LAstr..75..268B.
  2. ↑ Humason, M. L.; Kearns, C. E.; Gomes, Alercio M. (June 1962), "The 1961 Palomar Supernova Search", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (University of Chicago Press) 74: 215, Bibcode:1962PASP...74..215H, doi:10.1086/127790, JSTOR 40673847.
  3. ↑ Doggett, J. B.; Branch, D. (November 1985), "A comparative study of supernova light curves", Astronomical Journal 90: 2303–2311, Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.2303D, doi:10.1086/113934.
  4. ↑ Spiro, S.; Pastorello, A.; Pumo, M. L.; Zampieri, L.; Turatto, M.; Smartt, S. J. et al. (April 2014), "Low luminosity Type II supernovae - II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 439: 2873–2892, arXiv:1401.5426, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.439.2873S, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu156.

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