Supernova within the Messier 61 galaxy
SN 1961i was asupernova that was discovered in June 1961 in theMessier 61 (NGC 4303)galaxy, byMilton L. Humason at thePalomar Observatory,[1] the brightest of 16 supernovae found at Palomar that year.[2] Although it was originally considered byFritz Zwicky to be the prototype of a Type III supernova, subsequent researchers have classified it as aType II supernova.[3][4]
- ^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.
