Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-21
Astrophys.J.659:L9-L12,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures, ApJ Letters (accepted)
Scientific paper
10.1086/516821
We report a supernova discovery in Ks-band images from the NAOS CONICA adaptive optics (AO) system on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The images were obtained as part of a near-infrared search for highly-obscured supernovae in the nuclear regions of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies. SN 2004ip is located within a circumnuclear starburst at 1.4 arcsec (or 500 pc) projected distance from the K-band nucleus of the luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 18293-3413. The supernova luminosity and light curve are consistent with a core-collapse event suffering from a host galaxy extinction of up to about 40 magnitudes in V-band which is as expected for a circumnuclear starburst environment. This is the first supernova to be discovered making use of AO correction and demonstrates the potential of the current 8-meter class telescopes equipped with AO in discovering supernovae from the innermost nuclear regions of luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies.
Dahlen Tomas
Efstathiou Andreas
Farrah Duncan
Fransson Claes
Lira Paulina
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