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SN 1000+0216

SN 1000+0216
Spectral class SLNS-R or SLNS-II ?
Observation
Date Supernova Legacy Survey
Location
Right ascension 10h 00m 05.87s
Declination +02° 16' 23.62
Epoch J2000.0
Distance z=3.8993 ± 0.0074
Characteristics
Progenitor initially a 140–250 M star
Energetics
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SN 1000+0216 was an extremely remote superluminous supernova (SLSN), which occurred in between June and November 2006. Its peak far-ultraviolet absolute magnitude reached −21.5, which exceeded the total absolute magnitude of its host galaxy. The distance (redshift) to this supernova z=3.8993 ± 0.0074 makes it the most distant supernova observed as of 2012. The luminosity of SN 1000+0216 evolved slowly over several years as it was still detectable in November 2008. Both the high luminosity and slow decay indicate that the supernova's progenitor was a very massive star. The supernova explosion itself was likely either a pair-instability supernova or a pulsational pair-instability supernova similar to the SN 2007bi or event. It also had some similarities to the low redshift SN 2006gy supernova. Overall classification of SN 1000+0216 remains uncertain.


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