SN-1995AH - THE FIRST SUPERNOVA OBSERVED IN A BLUE COMPACT DWARF GALAXY

Authors
POPESCU CC RAFANELLI P BENETTI S HOPP U BIRKLE K ELSASSER H
Citation
Cc. Popescu et al., SN-1995AH - THE FIRST SUPERNOVA OBSERVED IN A BLUE COMPACT DWARF GALAXY, Astronomy and astrophysics, 326(3), 1997, pp. 982-987
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
326
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
982 - 987
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1997)326:3<982:S-TFSO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We present the properties of the supernova SN 1995ah discovered in a B lue Compact Dwarf galaxy (BCD) around 10 days after the maximum. This is the first supernova event observed in a BCD. The photometric and sp ectroscopic data suggest that SN 1995ah is a Type II supernova and cou ld belong to the rare Bright SNII Linear subclass, for which [M-R] sim ilar to [M-B] = -18.9 +/- 0.6 at maximum light.