Published August 1990 | Version v1
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SN 19841 - Another type Ib supernova

Creators

  • 1. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC (USA)
  • 2. Observatorio Interamericano de Cerro Tololo, La Serena (Chile)
  • 3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)

Description

Observation of SN 19841 in the Sc galaxy ESO 323-G99 are presented. This object was discovered about 15 days before maximum light and was observed photometrically over a period of five weeks. A spectrum obtained near maximum shows that this supernova was a relatively distant Type-Ib event. Like other Type-Ib supernovae, 19841 was characterized by a red (B-V) color and low absolute magnitude at maximum. Comparison with preoutburst photographs shows that this supernova was located in an interarm region, approximately 1 kpc from the nearest bright H II region. It is important to be able to distinguish supernovae of this type from Ia events, considering the interest in using the latter objects as cosmological standard candles. 33 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Journal Volume
102
Series
Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac.
Journal Page Range
898-904
ISSN
0004-6280
CODEN
PASPA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22014317
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BRIGHTNESS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; COLOR; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GALAXIES; H2 REGIONS; ORGANIZING; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPIRAL CONFIGURATION; SUPERNOVAE
Descriptors DEC
BINARY STARS; CONFIGURATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; EVALUATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; STARS; VARIABLE STARS