SN 2006gy and the core of its home galaxy, NGC 1260, viewed in x-ray light from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The NGC 1260 galactic core is on the lower left and SN 2006gy is on the upper right.
Event type
Hypernova
IIn[1]
Date
18 September 2006
Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
03h 17m 27.10s[2]
Declination
+41° 24′ 19.50″[2]
Epoch
J2000
Galactic coordinates
150.2568 -13.5916
Distance
238,000,000 Ly (73 Mpc)[3]
Remnant
N/A
Host
NGC 1260
Progenitor
Hypergiant in NGC 1260 galaxy
Progenitor type
Hypergiant star very similar to Eta Carinae
Colour (B-V)
−0.50 ~ +1.60
Notable features
is located 2.0" W and 0.4" N of the center of NGC 1260
Peak apparent magnitude
+14.2
Other designations
SN 2006gy
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SN 2006gy was an extremely energetic supernova, also referred to as a hypernova,[4] that was discovered on September 18, 2006. It was first observed by Robert Quimby and P. Mondol,[2][5] and then studied by several teams of astronomers using facilities that included the Chandra, Lick, and Keck Observatories.[6][7] In May 2007 NASA and several of the astronomers announced the first detailed analyses of the supernova, describing it as the "brightest stellar explosion ever recorded".[8] In October 2007 Quimby announced that SN 2005ap had broken SN 2006gy's record as the brightest-ever recorded supernova, and several subsequent discoveries are brighter still.[9][10]Time magazine listed the discovery of SN 2006gy as third in its Top 10 Scientific Discoveries for 2007.[11]
^Cite error: The named reference Chandra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Leahy, Denis A. (2008). "Superluminous Supernovae SN2006gy, SN2005gj and SN2005ap: Signs for a New Explosion Mechanism". American Astronomical Society. 212: 255. Bibcode:2008AAS...212.6401L.
^IAU Circular No. 8754 Archived 2007-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 8, 2007
^Ofek, E. O.; Cameron, P. B.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Gal-Yam, A.; Rau, A.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Frail, D. A.; Chandra, P.; Cenko, S. B.; Soderberg, A. M.; Immler, S. (2007). "SN 2006gy: An Extremely Luminous Supernova in the Galaxy NGC 1260". The Astrophysical Journal. 659 (1): L13–L16. arXiv:astro-ph/0612408. Bibcode:2007ApJ...659L..13O. doi:10.1086/516749. S2CID 51811699.
^Smith, Nathan; Li, Weidong; Foley, Ryan J.; Wheeler, J. Craig; Pooley, David; Chornock, Ryan; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Silverman, Jeffrey M.; Quimby, Robert; Bloom, Joshua S.; Hansen, Charles (2007). "SN 2006gy: Discovery of the Most Luminous Supernova Ever Recorded, Powered by the Death of an Extremely Massive Star like η Carinae". The Astrophysical Journal. 666 (2): 1116–1128. arXiv:astro-ph/0612617. Bibcode:2007ApJ...666.1116S. doi:10.1086/519949. S2CID 14785067.
^NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, NASA Press Release on the Discovery, May 7, 2007
^Stevenson, D. S. (2014). "The Mysterious SN 2005ap and Luminous Blue Flashes". Extreme Explosions. Astronomers' Universe. pp. 239–251. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8136-2_10. ISBN 978-1-4614-8135-5.
^Quimby, R. M. (2012). "Superluminous Supernovae". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 7: 22–28. Bibcode:2012IAUS..279...22Q. doi:10.1017/S174392131201263X.
^"Top 10 Scientific Discoveries: #3. Brightest Supernova Recorded" Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, Time, 2007
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