Astronomy:SN 1998S
 R-band image of SN 1998S in NGC 3877 obtained on 1998 March 16.1 ut at t he Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT), La Palma (north is up and east is to the left).[1] | |
| Event type | Supernova |
|---|---|
| Spectral class | IIn |
| Date | c. 50.5 million years ago (detected 2 March 1998 by Z. Wan) |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 46m 06.25s |
| Declination | +47° 28' 55.5" |
| Epoch | J2000.0 |
| Galactic coordinates | 150.7467 +65.9637 |
| Distance | c. 50.5 million ly |
| Host | NGC 3877 |
| Progenitor type | maybe Red supergiant |
| Colour (B-V) | ~ 0.2 mag |
| Notable features | SN 1998S, AAVSO 1140+48 |
| Peak apparent magnitude | 12 mag |
SN 1998S was a type IIn supernova that was detected in NGC 3877 in March 1998. At the time of discovery, SN 1998S was the brightest type IIn event observed,[2] although later outshone by SN 2010jl.[3]
It was discovered on 1998 March 2.68 UT in NGC 3877 by Z. Wan at a broadband (unfiltered) optical magnitude of +15.2.
Its spectrum showed prominent H and He emission lines with narrow peaks and broad wings, superimposed on a blue continuum. These narrow lines indicate the presence of a dense circumstellar medium (CSM) in the vicinity of the supernova. The high luminosity of SN1998S is due to the interaction of fast material (ejecta) with previously-expelled slowly-expanding material (CSM), which can more effectively convert kinetic energy of ejecta into radiation energy.[4]
References
- ↑ Fassia, A.; Meikle, W. P. S.; Vacca, W. D.; Kemp, S. N.; Walton, N. A.; Pollacco, D. L.; Smartt, S.; Oscoz, A. et al. (11 November 2000). "Optical and infrared photometry of the Type IIn SN 1998S: days 11-146". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 318 (4): 1093–1104. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03797.x. Bibcode: 2000MNRAS.318.1093F.
- ↑ Fassia, A.; Meikle, W. P. S.; Chugai, N.; Geballe, T. R.; Lundqvist, P.; Walton, N. A.; Pollacco, D.; Veilleux, S. et al. (11 August 2001). "Optical and infrared spectroscopy of the type IIn SN 1998S: days 3-127". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 325 (3): 907–930. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04282.x. Bibcode: 2001MNRAS.325..907F.
- ↑ Ofek, E. O.; Zoglauer, A.; Boggs, S. E.; Barriere, N. M.; Reynolds, S. P.; Fryer, C. L.; Harrison, F. A.; Cenko, S. B. et al. (2014-01-06). "SN 2010jl: Optical to hard X-ray observations reveal an explosion embedded in a ten solar mass cocoon". The Astrophysical Journal 781 (1): 42. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/42. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2014ApJ...781...42O.
- ↑ Dessart, Luc (2015). "Numerical simulations of super-luminous supernovae of type IIn". MNRAS 449 (4): 4304–4325. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv609. Bibcode: 2015MNRAS.449.4304D.
External links
- Light curves and spectra on the Open Supernova Catalog
- Simbad
- http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/DDO/research/DDOSNe.html
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