Supernova Discovery in IC 3918

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Infra-Red, Optical, Ultra-Violet

Scientific paper

The Nearby Supernova Factory reports the discovery of supernova SNF20070422-001 (coordinates RA 12:56:53.77 DEC 22:22:22.1 J2000.0) located in IC 3918 (redshift 0.0217, Van Driel et al. 2000 A&AS, 144, 463 via NED) from images obtained April 22.4 UTC with the QUEST-II camera on the Palomar Oschin 48-inch telescope, operated by the Palomar-QUEST Consortium, at an approximate magnitude of 16.7. The supernova was not present to mag 20.5 on images from April 4.5 UTC and was confirmed on an image obtained April 23.5 with the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph on the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Supernova Discovery in IC 3918 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Supernova Discovery in IC 3918, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Supernova Discovery in IC 3918 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1076285

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.