Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope image of Supernova 2006jc in the galaxy UGC 4904 in three filters. Credit: NASA/Swift/S. Immler
Event type
Supernova
Ib/c pec[1]
Constellation
Lynx[2]
Right ascension
9h 17m 20.81s[1]
Declination
+41° 54′ 33″ [1]
Epoch
J2000.0
Host
UGC 4904[1]
Peak apparent magnitude
<13.8[1]
Other designations
SN 2006jc
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SN 2006jc was a supernova that was detected on October 9, 2006 in the galaxy UGC 4904, which is about 77 million light-years away in the constellation Lynx.[2] It was first seen by Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki, American amateur Tim Puckett and Italian amateur Roberto Gorelli.[2] Two years earlier, the progenitor star produced a supernova impostor that was detected by Itagaki. This outburst was apparently the progenitor star shedding its outer layers. When the star exploded in 2006, the shockwave hit the material blown off in 2004, heating it to millions of degrees and emitting copious amounts of X-rays.[2]
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