| Event type | Supernova  |
|---|---|
| SN.II | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Other designations | SN 1961I |
| [edit on Wikidata] | |
SN 1961i was a supernova that was discovered in June 1961 in the Messier 61 (NGC 4303) galaxy, by Milton L. Humason at the Palomar Observatory, the brightest of 16 supernovae found at Palomar that year. Although it was originally considered by Fritz Zwicky to be the prototype of a type III supernova, subsequent researchers have classified it as a type II supernova.
References
- Bertaud, C. (June 1961), "Les supernovae dans la nébuleuse NGC 4303", L'Astronomie, 75: 268, Bibcode:1961LAstr..75..268B.
- Humason, M. L.; Kearns, C. E.; Gomes, Alercio M. (June 1962), "The 1961 Palomar Supernova Search", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 74 (438), University of Chicago Press: 215–218, Bibcode:1962PASP...74..215H, doi:10.1086/127790, JSTOR 40673847.
- Doggett, J. B.; Branch, D. (November 1985), "A comparative study of supernova light curves", Astronomical Journal, 90: 2303–2311, Bibcode:1985AJ.....90.2303D, doi:10.1086/113934.
- Spiro, S.; Pastorello, A.; Pumo, M. L.; Zampieri, L.; Turatto, M.; Smartt, S. J.; et al. (April 2014), "Low luminosity Type II supernovae - II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors" (PDF), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439 (3): 2873–2892, arXiv:1401.5426, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.439.2873S, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu156, S2CID 53059024.
External links
- Spectra Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine on the Open Supernova Catalog Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- SN 1961I
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