SN_2004gt

SN 2004gt

SN 2004gt

Type Ic supernova in the interacting galaxy NGC 4038

SN 2004GT was a type Ic supernova that happened in the interacting galaxy NGC 4038 on December 12, 2004. The event occurred in a region of condensed matter in the western spiral arm.[2] The progenitor was not identified from older images of the galaxy, and is either a type WC Wolf-Rayet star with a mass over 40 times that of the Sun, or a star 20 to 40 times as massive as the Sun in a binary star system.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Modjaz, M.; et al. (May 2014), "Optical Spectra of 73 Stripped-envelope Core-collapse Supernovae", The Astronomical Journal, 147 (5): 99–116, arXiv:1405.1910, Bibcode:2014AJ....147...99M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/5/99, S2CID 119235537, 99.
  2. [2]
    Monard, L. A. G.; et al. (December 2004), Green, D. W. E. (ed.), "Supernovae 2004gt, 2004gu, 2004gv", IAU Circular, 1 (8454): 1, Bibcode:2004IAUC.8454....1M.
  3. [3]
    Maund, Justyn R.; et al. (September 2005), "Luminosity and Mass Limits for the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 2004gt in NGC 4038", The Astrophysical Journal, 630 (1): L33–L36, arXiv:astro-ph/0506436, Bibcode:2005ApJ...630L..33M, doi:10.1086/491620, S2CID 17375474.
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